❓ Dr. Buti questions the Minister for Health about the delayed redevelopment of Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital. The Minister denies delays, citing the clinical services framework and criticising the previous government's handling of Fiona Stanley Hospital.
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ARMADALE–KELMSCOTT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL —
REDEVELOPMENT
575. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the $15.4 million
redevelopment of the Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and the
minister's decision to defer this redevelopment beyond the next
election.
(1) Why has the minister delayed
this redevelopment of the Armadale–Kelmscott hospital yet again?
(2) Does the
minister agree with the clinical services framework that claims that the
current configuration of the hospital is adequate?
(3) Is this
not just a clear indication that the Armadale–Kelmscott hospital is a
hospital that the Barnett government forgot?
REDEVELOPMENT
575. Dr A.D. BUTI to the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the $15.4 million
redevelopment of the Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and the
minister's decision to defer this redevelopment beyond the next
election.
(1) Why has the minister delayed
this redevelopment of the Armadale–Kelmscott hospital yet again?
(2) Does the
minister agree with the clinical services framework that claims that the
current configuration of the hospital is adequate?
(3) Is this
not just a clear indication that the Armadale–Kelmscott hospital is a
hospital that the Barnett government forgot?
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(1)–(3)
Absolutely not. There is no way that the Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial
Hospital has been forgotten. There is no way that anything has been deferred
for Armadale because it was clearly identified for the next phase of
development in the clinical services framework. I have made it very clear in
statements to this house that the upgrade of Armadale—plus we need to
do something in the northern suburbs around Joondalup and other areas—is
an area that this government is committed to proceeding with. The Armadale
hospital is adequate at present but will not continue to be so for very much
longer because of growth demands for that area. I know the member for Armadale
is trying to be a good member and be fired up, but the reality is that we are
right behind it: we are right behind developing the hospital in the member for
Armadale's area. We have not put anything off. It needs to be done.
Mr R.H. Cook : You
have! You have done it in two successive budgets.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No.
I think the member needs to go back and look at the clinical services framework
put out by his government—and the timing. The framework showed that
members opposite were going to have Fiona Stanley Hospital in 2010, then it was
2011, then it was 2012 and then it was 2013.
Several members interjected.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No.
Under the government of members opposite, Fiona Stanley Hospital was put back
four years in a row. Under the framework of members opposite, the second phase
of Fiona Stanley was coming —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Excuse me. Can you get back to his hospital? Thank you.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
They were interjecting about that hospital.
The clinical services framework that has just been done is an
assessment by the health department of what the current demand figures show is
required, and the timetable for that. It clearly shows the timetable that is
now required for Armadale hospital. Previous earlier frameworks might have
suggested that it was needed earlier, but the facts have not proven that. The
facts have proven that it is now required—or even if not now, it will
be required in the time frame it will take us to do something. So we will be
perfectly threading into the time frame, unlike members opposite when they were
four years late doing Fiona Stanley, which is why we had such huge blowouts and
ramping in other areas.
Absolutely not. There is no way that the Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial
Hospital has been forgotten. There is no way that anything has been deferred
for Armadale because it was clearly identified for the next phase of
development in the clinical services framework. I have made it very clear in
statements to this house that the upgrade of Armadale—plus we need to
do something in the northern suburbs around Joondalup and other areas—is
an area that this government is committed to proceeding with. The Armadale
hospital is adequate at present but will not continue to be so for very much
longer because of growth demands for that area. I know the member for Armadale
is trying to be a good member and be fired up, but the reality is that we are
right behind it: we are right behind developing the hospital in the member for
Armadale's area. We have not put anything off. It needs to be done.
Mr R.H. Cook : You
have! You have done it in two successive budgets.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No.
I think the member needs to go back and look at the clinical services framework
put out by his government—and the timing. The framework showed that
members opposite were going to have Fiona Stanley Hospital in 2010, then it was
2011, then it was 2012 and then it was 2013.
Several members interjected.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No.
Under the government of members opposite, Fiona Stanley Hospital was put back
four years in a row. Under the framework of members opposite, the second phase
of Fiona Stanley was coming —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Excuse me. Can you get back to his hospital? Thank you.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
They were interjecting about that hospital.
The clinical services framework that has just been done is an
assessment by the health department of what the current demand figures show is
required, and the timetable for that. It clearly shows the timetable that is
now required for Armadale hospital. Previous earlier frameworks might have
suggested that it was needed earlier, but the facts have not proven that. The
facts have proven that it is now required—or even if not now, it will
be required in the time frame it will take us to do something. So we will be
perfectly threading into the time frame, unlike members opposite when they were
four years late doing Fiona Stanley, which is why we had such huge blowouts and
ramping in other areas.
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