❓ The WA parliamentary question reveals that a planned mental health unit upgrade at Osborne Park Hospital, announced in 2001, has not proceeded due to cost increases and shifting priorities. 21 open mental health beds were closed in 2002, with 12 old-age psychiatry beds opened in 2003.
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I refer to the previous Minister for Health’s announcement on 22 December 2001 that Osborne Park Hospital would be upgraded to include a $6.6 million new purpose-built mental health in-patient unit for adults with a minimum of 25 beds, and ask - (1) Has the upgrade been completed? (2) If yes, when was it completed? (3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(1) Has the upgrade been completed? (2) If yes, when was it completed? (3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(2) If yes, when was it completed? (3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(1) Has the upgrade been completed? (2) If yes, when was it completed? (3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(2) If yes, when was it completed? (3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(3) If not, why has it been delayed and for how long will it be delayed? (4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(4) How many secure and open beds are currently available at Osborne Park Hospital? (5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(5) How many secure and open beds have been closed in mental health facilities in Western Australia since 22 December 2001? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
(1)-(5) I thank the member for Churchlands for some notice of this question because it enabled me to get a full background to the matter to which the question relates. The simple answer is that construction of the psychiatric facility at Osborne Park Hospital has not proceeded. I will provide some background to that information. Early in 2001 the possibility of transferring psychiatric beds from, particularly Graylands Hospital, but perhaps also from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, to the Osborne Park campus was identified. My good friend the member for Innaloo then conducted what has become known as the Quigley review in 2001. Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Dr E. Constable: He must be very disappointed. Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: He might well be. He identified that a minimum of 25 beds could be constructed on the site, which, as the member’s question states, would involve a capital cost of $6.6 million. Following the receipt of that report, the Department of Health went into the planning phase, and $13 million of capital works money was set aside for the redevelopment of the Osborne Park site. That redevelopment involved significant capital works on the operating theatres at the hospital. I was at Osborne Park Hospital only last week, and the redevelopment is very significant. I was quite surprised by the extent of the nature of the redevelopment. During planning for the mental health component, it was identified that 50 beds would be needed to make it viable, particularly from a financial and staffing point of view. The intention was to close a 24-bed ward at Graylands Hospital and further beds at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to effect the transfer of patients from the tertiary hospitals to the Osborne Park campus. It was pointed out that the recurrent costs of operating a stand-alone facility at Osborne Park would be significantly more than what a facility at the Graylands campus would cost. I have been told that it would cost an extra $4.5 million a year in recurrent operating costs to house these people at the Osborne Park campus rather than at Graylands Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. I must say that figure surprised me; however, it is the figure I was given. In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
In any event, that planning has been somewhat overtaken by other developments. The $13 million of capital works funding to which I referred was set aside for the theatre redevelopment and the mental health unit at Osborne Park Hospital. The theatre redevelopment has cost more than originally planned. It has ended up costing $9.5 million, which has left only $3.5 million in the budget for the mental health unit. In capital terms, that is clearly insufficient to undertake that particular work. As a result, the proposal to develop mental health beds at the Osborne Park Hospital to replace those at Graylands and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is on hold. Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.H.D. Day: So you ran out of money. Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: No; it is a question of priorities and what we spend the money on. The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
The fourth question related to the number of secure and open beds that are currently available at the Osborne Park Hospital. There are 24 open beds at the Osborne Lodge psychogeriatic unit. The fifth question related to the number of secure and open beds in Western Australian mental health facilities that have been closed since the announcement of 22 December 2001. In 2002, 21 beds were closed. Those beds were all authorised and operated as open beds. There have been no bed closures in 2003. In addition, 12 old-age psychiatry beds were opened in January 2003.
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Pollie Rankings
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Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.