❓ Dr. Nahan questions the Deputy Premier regarding fee reviews within health agencies since March 2017, specifically focusing on fees exceeding cost recovery. The response identifies overcharges in criminal record screening and parking at Fiona Stanley Hospital, but no fees were reduced or increased as a result.
AnsweredQoN 4175Legislative Assembly
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For each agency, department, authority and Government Trading Enterprise under the Minister's portfolio: (a) how many reviews of their agencies’ fees and charges have been conducted since 17 March 2017; (b) did any of these reviews identify any fee or charge that is above cost recovery; (c) if yes to (b), could you please provide: (i) a list of the fees or charges identified; (ii) the amount the fee or charge was above cost recovery; and (iii) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery; (d) did any of these reviews result in an increase in any fee or charge that was above cost recovery; and; (e) if yes to (d), could you please provide: (i) a list of the fees or charges that were increased; (ii) the amount that the fee or charge increased; (iii) how much above cost recovery was the new fee or charge; and; and (iv) the reason for the fee or charge being above cost recovery; and (f) if yes to (b) have any fees or charges been reduced as a result of the identification of over recovery: (i) if yes, what were the fees and charges that were reduced, and what was the amount each fee or charge was reduced?
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Answered
20 November 2018
Response time
12 days
WA Health and health service providers
(a) One 2017-18 Review of Tariffs, Fees and Charges. This review finished in June 2018 when the Tariff Fees and Charges were gazetted by Parliament.
(b) Yes.
(c)(i)
1. Criminal Records Screening $30.00.
2. Fiona Stanley Hospital – Staff parking $3.70 per day.
3. Fiona Stanley Hospital – Visitor parking $3.00 per hour.
(ii)
1. $7.00 or 130.4% of cost recovery.
2. $0.94 per day or 134.2% of cost recovery.
3. $0.77 per hour or 134.2% of cost recovery.
(iii)
1. The dollar amount has remained historically consistent at $30 for many years and is set with input from WA Health’s Legal and Legislative Services. Both costs and the fee have been unchanged for several years and are forecast to remain so until the 2018-19 review if not beyond.
2. Staff parking fees at Fiona Stanley Hospital were unchanged from 2016-17 and are capped at a rate of $3.70 per day.
3. Visitor parking fees at Fiona Stanley Hospital were unchanged from 2016-17 and are capped at $21.00 per day (7 hours at $3 per hour). Any change in the daily rate must therefore be evenly divisible by 7 as parking meters are unable to calculate any change less than 10c an hour. Costs for parking at Fiona Stanley Hospital are apportioned across both staff and visitors and are set by Metropolitan Access and Parking Department.
The parking facilities are only 3 years old and cost recovery is expected to fall over the coming years as upgrades occur and maintenance costs increase.
(d) No.
(e)(i)-(iv) Not applicable.
(f) No. As per (c)(iii).
(i) Not applicable.
Mental Health Commission
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Health & Disability Service Complaints Office
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Healthway
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Animal Resources Authority
(a) Nil
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
(a) One 2017-18 Review of Tariffs, Fees and Charges. This review finished in June 2018 when the Tariff Fees and Charges were gazetted by Parliament.
(b) Yes.
(c)(i)
1. Criminal Records Screening $30.00.
2. Fiona Stanley Hospital – Staff parking $3.70 per day.
3. Fiona Stanley Hospital – Visitor parking $3.00 per hour.
(ii)
1. $7.00 or 130.4% of cost recovery.
2. $0.94 per day or 134.2% of cost recovery.
3. $0.77 per hour or 134.2% of cost recovery.
(iii)
1. The dollar amount has remained historically consistent at $30 for many years and is set with input from WA Health’s Legal and Legislative Services. Both costs and the fee have been unchanged for several years and are forecast to remain so until the 2018-19 review if not beyond.
2. Staff parking fees at Fiona Stanley Hospital were unchanged from 2016-17 and are capped at a rate of $3.70 per day.
3. Visitor parking fees at Fiona Stanley Hospital were unchanged from 2016-17 and are capped at $21.00 per day (7 hours at $3 per hour). Any change in the daily rate must therefore be evenly divisible by 7 as parking meters are unable to calculate any change less than 10c an hour. Costs for parking at Fiona Stanley Hospital are apportioned across both staff and visitors and are set by Metropolitan Access and Parking Department.
The parking facilities are only 3 years old and cost recovery is expected to fall over the coming years as upgrades occur and maintenance costs increase.
(d) No.
(e)(i)-(iv) Not applicable.
(f) No. As per (c)(iii).
(i) Not applicable.
Mental Health Commission
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Health & Disability Service Complaints Office
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Healthway
(a) Nil.
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
Animal Resources Authority
(a) Nil
(b)-(f) Not applicable.
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