❓ A parliamentary question regarding bed numbers at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital following the opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital and closure of Royal Perth Hospital. The Minister refutes the assumptions in the question and provides clarification on funding and bed capacity.
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SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL — BED NUMBERS
In the minister’s speech on 11 March 2008, he stated that the new model following the opening of the Fiona Stanley Hospital and the closure of Royal Perth Hospital would result in 135 fewer tertiary beds. Given that the clinical services framework lists Fremantle Hospital as having 505 beds and the central tertiary hospital as having 1 326 beds—a total of 1 831 beds—and Fiona Stanley Hospital is planned for 643 beds, this suggests that Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will have 1 053 beds. (1) Is this an accurate figure of the number of tertiary beds to be constructed at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital prior to the closure of Royal Perth Hospital? (2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY
In the minister’s speech on 11 March 2008, he stated that the new model following the opening of the Fiona Stanley Hospital and the closure of Royal Perth Hospital would result in 135 fewer tertiary beds. Given that the clinical services framework lists Fremantle Hospital as having 505 beds and the central tertiary hospital as having 1 326 beds—a total of 1 831 beds—and Fiona Stanley Hospital is planned for 643 beds, this suggests that Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will have 1 053 beds. (1) Is this an accurate figure of the number of tertiary beds to be constructed at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital prior to the closure of Royal Perth Hospital? (2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(1) Is this an accurate figure of the number of tertiary beds to be constructed at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital prior to the closure of Royal Perth Hospital? (2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(1) Is this an accurate figure of the number of tertiary beds to be constructed at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital prior to the closure of Royal Perth Hospital? (2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(2) Have the additional 435 beds—that is, 1 053 beds minus 618 beds—been funded; and, if so, when will construction commence? (3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(3) What component of the $500 million currently allocated to improvements to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will fund increases in bed numbers? (4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(4) Does the minister intend to include the new beds in ambulatory care as tertiary bed numbers, given that they will not be available to tertiary hospital inpatients? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
Many of the assumptions and assertions contained within the member’s question are false. (1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(1) No. (2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(2) The question is so flawed as to make it impossible to answer. (3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(3) The increase in bed capacity will result from the construction of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre plus some expansion to existing wards, costing approximately $300 million. (4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
(4) The ambulatory services at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital diagnostic and treatment centre will be provided to tertiary inpatients.
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