❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the availability of respite and residential care beds across 30 health services in the Wheatbelt region. The Minister for Health provides a breakdown of available beds in 18 multipurpose services.
AnsweredQoN 726Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
HEALTH — RESPITE
AND RESIDENTIAL BEDS —
WHEATBELT
726. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the 30 health services
and centres across the wheatbelt.
(1) How many beds are open for
respite and residential care across the region?
(2) Will the minister please table a list of how many
beds in (1) are available for each health service in the wheatbelt?
AND RESIDENTIAL BEDS —
WHEATBELT
726. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the 30 health services
and centres across the wheatbelt.
(1) How many beds are open for
respite and residential care across the region?
(2) Will the minister please table a list of how many
beds in (1) are available for each health service in the wheatbelt?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following has
been provided by the Minister for Health.
(1) There are 241
beds across 18 multipurpose services in the wheatbelt. The MPS program is
jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments to provide residential
care in regional communities. Emergency respite is also available in acute
hospitals that do not receive commonwealth funding for residential and respite
aged-care services.
The answer to (2) is in tabular form
and I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(2)
Wheatbelt
MPS Site
Available
Beverley
8
Bruce
Rock
1
Corrigin
4
Dalwallinu
8
Dumbleyung/Kukerin
1
Southern
Cross (Yilgarn)
4
Kellerberrin
6
Kununoppin/Trayning
4
Merredin
3
Wyalkatchem
6
Narembeen
3
Kondinin
/ Kulin
1
Lake
Grace
1
Moora/Dandaragan
4
Goomalling
5
Wongan
Hills
3
Quairading
8
York
2
*Beds
available for acute inpatients, residential care, respite or patients awaiting aged
care services
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following has
been provided by the Minister for Health.
(1) There are 241
beds across 18 multipurpose services in the wheatbelt. The MPS program is
jointly funded by the state and commonwealth governments to provide residential
care in regional communities. Emergency respite is also available in acute
hospitals that do not receive commonwealth funding for residential and respite
aged-care services.
The answer to (2) is in tabular form
and I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(2)
Wheatbelt
MPS Site
Available
Beverley
8
Bruce
Rock
1
Corrigin
4
Dalwallinu
8
Dumbleyung/Kukerin
1
Southern
Cross (Yilgarn)
4
Kellerberrin
6
Kununoppin/Trayning
4
Merredin
3
Wyalkatchem
6
Narembeen
3
Kondinin
/ Kulin
1
Lake
Grace
1
Moora/Dandaragan
4
Goomalling
5
Wongan
Hills
3
Quairading
8
York
2
*Beds
available for acute inpatients, residential care, respite or patients awaiting aged
care services
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