❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the Minister for Health regarding the impact of axing after-hours palliative care in Bunbury, specifically concerning hospital attendance and service contact. The Minister requests more time to gather the data.
AnsweredQoN 421Legislative Council
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WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE SOUTH WEST —
COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CAREPALLIATIVE CARE MODEL — SOUTH WEST REGION
421. Hon ADELE FARINA to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the axing of the Bunbury community
palliative care service provided after hours for non-terminal patients. Since 8
February 2016, how many Bunbury community palliative care service patients no
longer receiving the after-hours service have —
(a) attended
Bunbury Hospital emergency department and how many attended out of standard
office hours;
(b) been admitted to Bunbury
Hospital; and
(c) contacted the Bunbury community
palliative care out-of-hours telephone service?
COMMUNITY PALLIATIVE CAREPALLIATIVE CARE MODEL — SOUTH WEST REGION
421. Hon ADELE FARINA to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the axing of the Bunbury community
palliative care service provided after hours for non-terminal patients. Since 8
February 2016, how many Bunbury community palliative care service patients no
longer receiving the after-hours service have —
(a) attended
Bunbury Hospital emergency department and how many attended out of standard
office hours;
(b) been admitted to Bunbury
Hospital; and
(c) contacted the Bunbury community
palliative care out-of-hours telephone service?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(a)–(c) The
information required to answer the member's question needs to be
manually collated. WA Country Health Service is unable to respond within the
allocated time frame and as such I request the member place this question on
notice. I have requested through the Minister for Health's office that
the WA Country Health Service offer a briefing to the member on the recent
changes to this service.
of the question.
(a)–(c) The
information required to answer the member's question needs to be
manually collated. WA Country Health Service is unable to respond within the
allocated time frame and as such I request the member place this question on
notice. I have requested through the Minister for Health's office that
the WA Country Health Service offer a briefing to the member on the recent
changes to this service.
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