❓ Mr. Taylor asks about the progress of the Fiona Stanley Hospital opening during the parliamentary recess. The Minister for Health provides statistics on patient numbers, births, attendances, meals served, and staffing levels, highlighting the hospital's success and contribution to employment.
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FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL — OPENING
15. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Health:
I was pleased to join the Premier
and Minister for Health recently to see the new facilities at Fiona Stanley
Hospital in my electorate. Can the minister please outline developments with
the opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital that have occurred while Parliament has
been in recess?
15. Mr M.H. TAYLOR to the Minister for
Health:
I was pleased to join the Premier
and Minister for Health recently to see the new facilities at Fiona Stanley
Hospital in my electorate. Can the minister please outline developments with
the opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital that have occurred while Parliament has
been in recess?
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I thank the member for the question.
It was great to be down there at Fiona Stanley Hospital with him the other day
for the last stage of the opening. I will just let members know some of the
statistics around what has occurred since we opened the hospital. I will just
read through the following statistics. To the end of January, 1 941 patients
had completed an inpatient stay at Fiona Stanley Hospital, of whom 604 were
elective surgery patients, which is fantastic. In the period up to 11 February,
305 babies had been born at Fiona Stanley Hospital, the first, I think, at 8.30
in the morning on the day the obstetrics unit was opened. In the first week of
opening, there were 1 760 attendances —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the first time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : If we extrapolate that across the full year—we hope
that those very high numbers do not continue—it means there will be in
the order of 70 000 to 80 000 people a year. Fremantle Hospital was seeing in
the order of 58 000 people a year, so that is a massive increase in attendance.
I have to say we saw that a bit when we opened Joondalup Hospital; there was an
18 per cent increase in numbers when we first opened Joondalup. That number has
settled down, but it was still a significant increase in the end, so it is
great to see so many patients voting with their feet and going to our brand-new
state-of-the-art facility at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Of those 1 760 attendances, 431 were
admitted for care, of which there were in the order of 300 children, so I think
that is particularly important to remember. We have been talking about the new
Perth Children's Hospital, how many people will go there and the number
of floors that are needed. I think this is a great vindication of our statement
at the time that when a first-class facility, such as Fiona Stanley Hospital
exists, people will not bypass that with their children; they will stop and go
to that hospital. The fact that we had 300 children within those first few
weeks is significant.
There were 2 200 meals ordered and
delivered daily, which is up to six meals a day. Of those, 1 440 were ordered
through personal computers at each bed. Patients were able to order their meals
from their bed, and 1 440 did just that. Just as an interesting aside, with
regard to the food service with our little robots that deliver food to the
floors, 27 food trolleys were delivered across the hospital within 45 minutes
of orders being taken. That is rapid distribution of food throughout the
hospital.
In terms of staff numbers, we expect
that by the time it is fully commissioned, which it virtually is now, Fiona
Stanley Hospital will have 5 000 staff in total, with 3 500 staff working over
any given 24-hour period. That is a great contribution to employment in that
region and for the whole of Western Australia.
It was great to be down there at Fiona Stanley Hospital with him the other day
for the last stage of the opening. I will just let members know some of the
statistics around what has occurred since we opened the hospital. I will just
read through the following statistics. To the end of January, 1 941 patients
had completed an inpatient stay at Fiona Stanley Hospital, of whom 604 were
elective surgery patients, which is fantastic. In the period up to 11 February,
305 babies had been born at Fiona Stanley Hospital, the first, I think, at 8.30
in the morning on the day the obstetrics unit was opened. In the first week of
opening, there were 1 760 attendances —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Bassendean, I call you to order for the first time.
Dr
K.D. HAMES : If we extrapolate that across the full year—we hope
that those very high numbers do not continue—it means there will be in
the order of 70 000 to 80 000 people a year. Fremantle Hospital was seeing in
the order of 58 000 people a year, so that is a massive increase in attendance.
I have to say we saw that a bit when we opened Joondalup Hospital; there was an
18 per cent increase in numbers when we first opened Joondalup. That number has
settled down, but it was still a significant increase in the end, so it is
great to see so many patients voting with their feet and going to our brand-new
state-of-the-art facility at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Of those 1 760 attendances, 431 were
admitted for care, of which there were in the order of 300 children, so I think
that is particularly important to remember. We have been talking about the new
Perth Children's Hospital, how many people will go there and the number
of floors that are needed. I think this is a great vindication of our statement
at the time that when a first-class facility, such as Fiona Stanley Hospital
exists, people will not bypass that with their children; they will stop and go
to that hospital. The fact that we had 300 children within those first few
weeks is significant.
There were 2 200 meals ordered and
delivered daily, which is up to six meals a day. Of those, 1 440 were ordered
through personal computers at each bed. Patients were able to order their meals
from their bed, and 1 440 did just that. Just as an interesting aside, with
regard to the food service with our little robots that deliver food to the
floors, 27 food trolleys were delivered across the hospital within 45 minutes
of orders being taken. That is rapid distribution of food throughout the
hospital.
In terms of staff numbers, we expect
that by the time it is fully commissioned, which it virtually is now, Fiona
Stanley Hospital will have 5 000 staff in total, with 3 500 staff working over
any given 24-hour period. That is a great contribution to employment in that
region and for the whole of Western Australia.
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