❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the expenditure of the $500 million allocated for health and frontline services in the McGowan Government's COVID-19 relief package. The answer details how the funds were spent across PPE, ventilators, staff, hospital beds, and cleaning.
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I refer to the McGowan Government's media statement of 31 March 2020, "$1 billion COVID economic and health relief package", which stated an additional $500 million had been allocated for health and other front-line service delivery, and capacity for additional industry support, and I ask: (a) how much of the $500 million has been spent to date; and (b) as outlined in the media statement, of those funds, how much to date has been spent on: (i) personal protective equipment; (ii) ventilators; (iii) additional staff; (iv) additional hospital beds; and (v) cleaning?
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Answered
13 October 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) The entire additional $500 million announced in March 2020 as part of the COVID economic health relief package allocated for health and other frontline service delivery has been spent.
(b)(i) Approximately $72.2 million has been spent on Personal Protective Equipment.
(ii) $15.6 million has been spent on additional ventilators.
(iii) Approximately $87.8 million has been spent on additional staff.
(iv) $6.2 million has been spent on additional hospital beds for surge capacity.
(v) Approximately $132.4 million has been spent on increased cleaning of public transport, schools and other frontline services. This is comprised of:
· $25.6 million outsourced cleaning services for public transport;
· $105.4 million cleaning services for schools;
· $1.4 million for cleaning services within the WA Health system.
(a) The entire additional $500 million announced in March 2020 as part of the COVID economic health relief package allocated for health and other frontline service delivery has been spent.
(b)(i) Approximately $72.2 million has been spent on Personal Protective Equipment.
(ii) $15.6 million has been spent on additional ventilators.
(iii) Approximately $87.8 million has been spent on additional staff.
(iv) $6.2 million has been spent on additional hospital beds for surge capacity.
(v) Approximately $132.4 million has been spent on increased cleaning of public transport, schools and other frontline services. This is comprised of:
· $25.6 million outsourced cleaning services for public transport;
· $105.4 million cleaning services for schools;
· $1.4 million for cleaning services within the WA Health system.
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