❓ Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson questions the Minister for Health regarding the referral of maternity patients from Swan District Hospital's catchment area to Osborne Park Hospital, revealing that both new and existing patients are being redirected, sometimes informed via mail.
AnsweredQoN 421Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SWAN
DISTRICT HOSPITAL — MATERNITY SERVICES CATCHMENT AREA
421. Hon AMBER-JADE SANDERSON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to patients in the Swan District Hospital maternity
services catchment area.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that this hospital has already started referring maternity patients
in its catchment area to Osborne Park Hospital?
(2) How many
Swan catchment area maternity patients, both new and existing, have been
referred to Osborne Park Hospital?
(3) Are only
new maternity patients being referred or are existing maternity patients also
being referred?
(4) Did some
patients find out their antenatal care and delivery has been transferred to
Osborne Park when they got a letter in the mail?
DISTRICT HOSPITAL — MATERNITY SERVICES CATCHMENT AREA
421. Hon AMBER-JADE SANDERSON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to patients in the Swan District Hospital maternity
services catchment area.
(1) Can the
minister confirm that this hospital has already started referring maternity patients
in its catchment area to Osborne Park Hospital?
(2) How many
Swan catchment area maternity patients, both new and existing, have been
referred to Osborne Park Hospital?
(3) Are only
new maternity patients being referred or are existing maternity patients also
being referred?
(4) Did some
patients find out their antenatal care and delivery has been transferred to
Osborne Park when they got a letter in the mail?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) Yes,
patients living in postcodes 6066, Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro, are being
referred to Osborne Park Hospital.
(2) Seventeen
current patients have been referred. General practitioners in postcodes 6066,
Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro, have been advised to refer new patients
directly to Osborne Park Hospital.
(3) Both new
and the 17 existing patients referred to in part (2) in postcodes 6066,
Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro are being referred to Osborne Park Hospital.
(4) Yes.
question.
(1) Yes,
patients living in postcodes 6066, Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro, are being
referred to Osborne Park Hospital.
(2) Seventeen
current patients have been referred. General practitioners in postcodes 6066,
Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro, have been advised to refer new patients
directly to Osborne Park Hospital.
(3) Both new
and the 17 existing patients referred to in part (2) in postcodes 6066,
Ballajura, and 6063, Beechboro are being referred to Osborne Park Hospital.
(4) Yes.
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