❓ The Minister for Health outlines the allocation of $1 million to expand public health activities in the metropolitan area, with $500,000 each for the north and south metropolitan public health units, detailing the types of health services to be provided.
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Can the minister advise of the additional funds allocated to the Metropolitan Health Service for public health units in the metropolitan area, where these services are to be located and the types of health services they will provide? Mr DAY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. As I have said on many occasions, both in this Chamber and outside, the Government has made available to the Health portfolio large increases in funding for a whole range of services in our health system and also for new initiatives. Much of the focus has been on the services that are provided through public hospitals, but equally important are the activities in the areas of public health and community-based services, particularly those that involve prevention of illness and disease. Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Mr DAY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. As I have said on many occasions, both in this Chamber and outside, the Government has made available to the Health portfolio large increases in funding for a whole range of services in our health system and also for new initiatives. Much of the focus has been on the services that are provided through public hospitals, but equally important are the activities in the areas of public health and community-based services, particularly those that involve prevention of illness and disease. Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. As I have said on many occasions, both in this Chamber and outside, the Government has made available to the Health portfolio large increases in funding for a whole range of services in our health system and also for new initiatives. Much of the focus has been on the services that are provided through public hospitals, but equally important are the activities in the areas of public health and community-based services, particularly those that involve prevention of illness and disease. Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Mr DAY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. As I have said on many occasions, both in this Chamber and outside, the Government has made available to the Health portfolio large increases in funding for a whole range of services in our health system and also for new initiatives. Much of the focus has been on the services that are provided through public hospitals, but equally important are the activities in the areas of public health and community-based services, particularly those that involve prevention of illness and disease. Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. As I have said on many occasions, both in this Chamber and outside, the Government has made available to the Health portfolio large increases in funding for a whole range of services in our health system and also for new initiatives. Much of the focus has been on the services that are provided through public hospitals, but equally important are the activities in the areas of public health and community-based services, particularly those that involve prevention of illness and disease. Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Interestingly, a forum organised by the Medical Council among other things, a group of 20 members of the public were randomly selected and a whole range of health-related activities and priorities were discussed in an informal way. A clear view was expressed at the conclusion of their those deliberations that the group strongly supported increasing allocations for public health and prevention activities. Of the additional allocation to the Metropolitan Health Service this year, $1m will be applied to expanding public health activities in the metropolitan area. In particular, $500 000 will be allocated to the expansion of the north metropolitan public health unit and $500 000 for the establishment of a new south metropolitan public health unit. Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
Some of the activities which will be provided through those services include: First, communicable disease control activities, including sexual health education, notifiable disease surveillance and immunisation coordination; secondly, health enhancement activities including alcohol and other drug harm reduction initiatives, smoking cessation and prevention programs, injury prevention and nutrition and physical education as well as mental health promotion; and, finally, environmental health activities such as water and food surveillance, which will be boosted through that additional allocation.
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