❓ The Minister for Health details the expansion of paediatric services at Joondalup Health Campus, funded by the state government, Telethon, and Ramsay Health Care, as part of a broader strategy to decentralise children's healthcare.
AnsweredQoN 329Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
JOONDALUP
HEALTH CAMPUS EXTENSION
329. Mr J. NORBERGER to the
Minister for Health:
Yesterday the Minister for Health visited Joondalup Health
Campus with the Premier and representatives from Telethon Western Australia and
Ramsay Health Care. Can the Minister for Health please update the house on the
purpose of his visit and what the Liberal–National government is doing
to bring health care for kids closer to where families live?
HEALTH CAMPUS EXTENSION
329. Mr J. NORBERGER to the
Minister for Health:
Yesterday the Minister for Health visited Joondalup Health
Campus with the Premier and representatives from Telethon Western Australia and
Ramsay Health Care. Can the Minister for Health please update the house on the
purpose of his visit and what the Liberal–National government is doing
to bring health care for kids closer to where families live?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Joondalup for
the question. He and a number of government members were at Joondalup Health
Campus to hear the announcement of the 37-bed paediatric ward that will be
built over the next 18 months and is expected to be ready sometime towards the
end of 2015. Joondalup Health Campus has 24 beds and these additional beds will
expand that number to 37 beds in total, at a cost of $15 million, of which $6 million
is from the state government, $6 million is from Telethon—the ward will
be called the Telethon kids ward—and $3 million is from Ramsay Health
Care. It is all part of the program to spread the care for children to suburban
areas, instead of everyone needing to come to the central area at Princess
Margaret Hospital for Children and the new $1.2 billion Perth Children's
Hospital. This ward will provide new beds close to home for staff.
Thirty-seven new beds will be added
to the extra four new beds at Midland Public Hospital. That is 12 beds in total
compared with the previous eight beds. There will also be 29 beds at Fiona
Stanley Hospital. This means that over the next two years there will be a total
of 77 new children's beds and 90 per cent of all children's
beds in the state will be brand-new. It is a great progressive step. We need to
do that to bring the services closer to people's homes. Although we
understand that in the past parents with really sick children have always gone
straight to PMH, because they know that that is where they will get absolutely
first-class care, it is very important for children to be treated quickly and
close to home. To do that, parents have to have confidence in the facility that
they can go to, so there will be first-class care at Joondalup Health Campus,
Fiona Stanley Hospital and Midland Public Hospital. There will be quality
treatment, and parents can be confident that their kids will be properly
treated. If the children then need to go to a tertiary hospital, they will have
had initial care and been stabilised before being transferred. This is part of
what we need to do to progress having a sufficient number of beds in this state
so that we did not need an additional floor at Perth Children's
Hospital. We will take the care of children to where it needs to be, which is
in the suburbs and close to parents.
the question. He and a number of government members were at Joondalup Health
Campus to hear the announcement of the 37-bed paediatric ward that will be
built over the next 18 months and is expected to be ready sometime towards the
end of 2015. Joondalup Health Campus has 24 beds and these additional beds will
expand that number to 37 beds in total, at a cost of $15 million, of which $6 million
is from the state government, $6 million is from Telethon—the ward will
be called the Telethon kids ward—and $3 million is from Ramsay Health
Care. It is all part of the program to spread the care for children to suburban
areas, instead of everyone needing to come to the central area at Princess
Margaret Hospital for Children and the new $1.2 billion Perth Children's
Hospital. This ward will provide new beds close to home for staff.
Thirty-seven new beds will be added
to the extra four new beds at Midland Public Hospital. That is 12 beds in total
compared with the previous eight beds. There will also be 29 beds at Fiona
Stanley Hospital. This means that over the next two years there will be a total
of 77 new children's beds and 90 per cent of all children's
beds in the state will be brand-new. It is a great progressive step. We need to
do that to bring the services closer to people's homes. Although we
understand that in the past parents with really sick children have always gone
straight to PMH, because they know that that is where they will get absolutely
first-class care, it is very important for children to be treated quickly and
close to home. To do that, parents have to have confidence in the facility that
they can go to, so there will be first-class care at Joondalup Health Campus,
Fiona Stanley Hospital and Midland Public Hospital. There will be quality
treatment, and parents can be confident that their kids will be properly
treated. If the children then need to go to a tertiary hospital, they will have
had initial care and been stabilised before being transferred. This is part of
what we need to do to progress having a sufficient number of beds in this state
so that we did not need an additional floor at Perth Children's
Hospital. We will take the care of children to where it needs to be, which is
in the suburbs and close to parents.
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