❓ Health—Radiation therapy services 439. Mr Adam Hort to the Minister for Health: I refer to the minister's trip to Canberra to see the Prime Minister and the federal Minister for Health and Ageing last
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Health—Radiation therapy services
439. Mr Adam Hort to
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the
minister's trip to Canberra to see the Prime Minister and the federal Minister for
Health and Ageing last month and her meeting with federal and state health
ministers on Friday.
(1) Did she raise the need for funding for local
radiation services for cancer patients in the east metropolitan area?
(2) Did she receive a commitment from either the
Prime Minister or the federal Minister for Health and Ageing to provide funding
for these services?
439. Mr Adam Hort to
the Minister for Health:
I refer to the
minister's trip to Canberra to see the Prime Minister and the federal Minister for
Health and Ageing last month and her meeting with federal and state health
ministers on Friday.
(1) Did she raise the need for funding for local
radiation services for cancer patients in the east metropolitan area?
(2) Did she receive a commitment from either the
Prime Minister or the federal Minister for Health and Ageing to provide funding
for these services?
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(1)–(2) I thank the member for the
question. There have been a couple of occasions when we have met with the
federal health minister and, most notably, we hosted all the health ministers
in Western Australia for our health ministers meeting on Friday. I thought what
was very significant about that meeting was the fact that every state is
reporting the challenges that we have identified here in being able to access
appropriate care for older Western Australians and the pressures that is
creating in hospital systems right around the country. As we know, there is a
large number of older Western Australians in our hospitals today for whom care elsewhere
would be most appropriate for them. They are medically cleared for discharge but
are not able to get that care. I thought it was very interesting, in fact, that
every state was on a unity ticket in sending that message to the federal
government.
We are talking to our federal
colleagues all the time on a range of issues. Obviously, the provision of
appropriate aged care is an important issue. There have been many others as
well. One of the things that we are regularly raising is the issue we have
talked about—radiation services. I have said in this place before that
that is a matter that requires the federal government to act on. We are having
ongoing conversations with the federal government about a range of issues that are
incredibly important, including this.
question. There have been a couple of occasions when we have met with the
federal health minister and, most notably, we hosted all the health ministers
in Western Australia for our health ministers meeting on Friday. I thought what
was very significant about that meeting was the fact that every state is
reporting the challenges that we have identified here in being able to access
appropriate care for older Western Australians and the pressures that is
creating in hospital systems right around the country. As we know, there is a
large number of older Western Australians in our hospitals today for whom care elsewhere
would be most appropriate for them. They are medically cleared for discharge but
are not able to get that care. I thought it was very interesting, in fact, that
every state was on a unity ticket in sending that message to the federal
government.
We are talking to our federal
colleagues all the time on a range of issues. Obviously, the provision of
appropriate aged care is an important issue. There have been many others as
well. One of the things that we are regularly raising is the issue we have
talked about—radiation services. I have said in this place before that
that is a matter that requires the federal government to act on. We are having
ongoing conversations with the federal government about a range of issues that are
incredibly important, including this.
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