❓ A parliamentary question addresses concerns about bed closures at Albany Regional Hospital and potential downgrades at Gnowangerup District Hospital, along with the availability of specialist services in the Great Southern region. The Minister denies bed closures and downgrade decisions, highlighting existing services.
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I refer to hospitals in the great southern region. (1) Can the minister confirm that up to seven beds have been closed at the Albany Regional Hospital in the past few weeks? (2) If so, what is the reason for the closures? (3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(1) Can the minister confirm that up to seven beds have been closed at the Albany Regional Hospital in the past few weeks? (2) If so, what is the reason for the closures? (3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(2) If so, what is the reason for the closures? (3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(1) Can the minister confirm that up to seven beds have been closed at the Albany Regional Hospital in the past few weeks? (2) If so, what is the reason for the closures? (3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(2) If so, what is the reason for the closures? (3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(3) What is the Government doing to attract specialist services for women and children into the Albany region, and, in particular, a gynaecologist and paediatrician? (4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(4) Can the minister confirm that the Gnowangerup District Hospital is to be downgraded from eight acute beds to two in the near future? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(1) Seven beds at Albany Regional Hospital have not closed in the past few weeks. The number of staff rostered on duty to manage patient care has been reviewed and is now matched to the activity and specific needs of the patients in the hospital on each shift of each day. Renovations are being undertaken in a number of wards in the hospital. Some beds on these wards have not been available to be used at various times. This has necessitated flexible use of the available beds in the hospital to ensure patient needs are met. These renovations have seen four new paediatric day case beds open in the paediatric ward. (2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(3) Albany has a number of experienced and skilled general practitioners who provide obstetric and minor gynaecology services to the women who live in the community. Their services are supplemented by a fortnightly visiting specialist gynaecology service. Financial support can be accessed under the auspices of the patient assisted travel scheme by those women who need to travel to Perth for specialised service. Paediatric services are provided by a number of skilled and experienced general practitioners. Their services are supplemented by regular visits by a developmental paediatrician, a paediatric cardiologist and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. Specialist visiting services in ear, nose and throat and oral surgery are provided for the children in the community. The numbers of children travelling to Perth for general paediatric services do not indicate a need for a resident paediatrician. (4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
(4) No decision has been made to reduce the number of acute care beds at Gnowangerup hospital, and I refer the member to the response provided on 4 March 2004 about the hospital.
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