❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health, Dr. Hames, about achieving the 85% hospital bed occupancy target. Dr. Hames commits to working towards it but admits she doesn't know when or if it will be achieved, citing funding constraints and demand growth.
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HOSPITAL BEDS — AVAILABILITY
I have a supplementary question. Given that the minister accepts the 85 per cent target, will he commit to that target and when will he achieve it? Dr K.D. HAMES
I have a supplementary question. Given that the minister accepts the 85 per cent target, will he commit to that target and when will he achieve it? Dr K.D. HAMES
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I certainly commit to working towards that target. I would love to achieve that target. We need a significant number of additional beds to do that and that is why we have a massive construction program. There are further beds that we need to build over the next 10 years to make sure that we achieve that and we have to maintain the efficiency. Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I certainly commit to working towards that target. I would love to achieve that target. We need a significant number of additional beds to do that and that is why we have a massive construction program. There are further beds that we need to build over the next 10 years to make sure that we achieve that and we have to maintain the efficiency. Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
I certainly commit to working towards that target. I would love to achieve that target. We need a significant number of additional beds to do that and that is why we have a massive construction program. There are further beds that we need to build over the next 10 years to make sure that we achieve that and we have to maintain the efficiency. Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I certainly commit to working towards that target. I would love to achieve that target. We need a significant number of additional beds to do that and that is why we have a massive construction program. There are further beds that we need to build over the next 10 years to make sure that we achieve that and we have to maintain the efficiency. Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
I certainly commit to working towards that target. I would love to achieve that target. We need a significant number of additional beds to do that and that is why we have a massive construction program. There are further beds that we need to build over the next 10 years to make sure that we achieve that and we have to maintain the efficiency. Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Mr R.H. Cook : So when will you achieve the target? Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I have no idea when we will achieve the target. I have no idea whether we will achieve the target. No other tertiary hospital in Australia meets that target because it is so difficult with the growth in demand that we have in our hospitals. I think that I would need to increase my percentage of spend in the budget from 25 per cent to about 50 per cent to achieve that. Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Mr T.R. Buswell : You keep trying! Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I keep trying to get those extra dollars, but the Treasurer just holds me back.
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