❓ Dr. Buti asks about improvements to Armadale Health Service for new and expectant mothers. The Minister highlights the new neonatal unit and 24/7 paediatrician roster as key improvements, aligning with the government's commitment to patient-centred care and decentralising services.
AnsweredQoN 533Legislative Assembly
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ARMADALE HEALTH SERVICE
533. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to putting patients first and improving health
services both in Armadale and across Western Australia. Can the minister
outline to the house how this government is improving services at Armadale
Health Service for new and expectant mothers?
533. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's commitment to putting patients first and improving health
services both in Armadale and across Western Australia. Can the minister
outline to the house how this government is improving services at Armadale
Health Service for new and expectant mothers?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Armadale for
the question. Indeed, it was a delight and a pleasure to join him this morning
at the opening of the new neonatal unit at Armadale Health Service. The doctors
at Armadale hospital deliver about 2 000 babies a year. Obviously, we want to
see that health service supported in continuing to provide expanded services.
The expansion of the neonatal unit at Armadale hospital is consistent with
Labor's principles that were struck under the Reid review in the early
2000s; that is, enhancing the general operations of our district and urban
hospitals so that we can get those patients out into these well-resourced
general hospitals away from the expensive tertiary hospitals.
It was a delight today to see the
opening of the neonatal unit at the hospital. It means that those bubs who are
ill and need to continue to have hospital care but do not need the fully
fledged services of a hospital like King Eddy's can continue to get the
care they need in one of our suburban hospitals. This means that mums can come
and visit their babies on a regular basis from the close-by communities in
which they live. We now have a 24/7 roster system for paediatricians, which
enables those babies to be cared for. It is consistent with the Reid report,
which is about dispersing those services, and it is consistent with putting
patients first. It was great to be there to support all those terrific nurses
in the neonatal unit and the work that they do. They were delighted. It was
terrific to see the progress that has been made at Armadale hospital.
The member for Armadale and I were
there grinning from ear to ear trying to catch the eye of the television
cameras. However, it is true to say that we were upstaged. Lily-Rae and
Phoenix, a pair of twins who were delivered at 34 weeks and four days, were
clearly of much greater interest to the assembled media. We just could not get
their attention! It was great to see those babies being cared for so well in
the facility. It is a terrific development for Armadale hospital.
the question. Indeed, it was a delight and a pleasure to join him this morning
at the opening of the new neonatal unit at Armadale Health Service. The doctors
at Armadale hospital deliver about 2 000 babies a year. Obviously, we want to
see that health service supported in continuing to provide expanded services.
The expansion of the neonatal unit at Armadale hospital is consistent with
Labor's principles that were struck under the Reid review in the early
2000s; that is, enhancing the general operations of our district and urban
hospitals so that we can get those patients out into these well-resourced
general hospitals away from the expensive tertiary hospitals.
It was a delight today to see the
opening of the neonatal unit at the hospital. It means that those bubs who are
ill and need to continue to have hospital care but do not need the fully
fledged services of a hospital like King Eddy's can continue to get the
care they need in one of our suburban hospitals. This means that mums can come
and visit their babies on a regular basis from the close-by communities in
which they live. We now have a 24/7 roster system for paediatricians, which
enables those babies to be cared for. It is consistent with the Reid report,
which is about dispersing those services, and it is consistent with putting
patients first. It was great to be there to support all those terrific nurses
in the neonatal unit and the work that they do. They were delighted. It was
terrific to see the progress that has been made at Armadale hospital.
The member for Armadale and I were
there grinning from ear to ear trying to catch the eye of the television
cameras. However, it is true to say that we were upstaged. Lily-Rae and
Phoenix, a pair of twins who were delivered at 34 weeks and four days, were
clearly of much greater interest to the assembled media. We just could not get
their attention! It was great to see those babies being cared for so well in
the facility. It is a terrific development for Armadale hospital.
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