❓ The question inquires about the new Bentley Health Service Surgicentre's role in increasing elective surgeries and its contribution to the government's health infrastructure investment. The Minister details the centre's features, its impact on wait times, and other health infrastructure projects.
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Bentley Health Service Surgicentre
315. Mr Ron Sao to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's delivery of the new $167 million surgery centre at Bentley
Health Service. Can the minister outline to the house how this new surgery
centre will enable the delivery of more elective surgeries and procedures; and
can the minister advise the house how this facility builds on this government's
record investment in health infrastructure?
315. Mr Ron Sao to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Cook
Labor government's delivery of the new $167 million surgery centre at Bentley
Health Service. Can the minister outline to the house how this new surgery
centre will enable the delivery of more elective surgeries and procedures; and
can the minister advise the house how this facility builds on this government's
record investment in health infrastructure?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for the question. It was great to be at the Bentley Health Service campus this
morning, where we made some important announcements about that service,
including our $167 million investment in the new Bentley Health Service Surgicentre—the
first of its kind in Western Australia. I was joined by our Minister for Health
Infrastructure and the federal member for Swan so that we could mark an
important milestone in the government's record investment in the WA health
system. Today's announcement marked the release of the forward works tender for
$167 million, and this Bentley surgery centre is, as I say, the first of its
kind in Western Australia. It is going to be a game changer for elective
surgery, especially for people who live in the south-eastern corridor. It will
create a dedicated, purpose-built facility for elective procedures.
This means we will
be able to increase surgical capacity, improve efficiency across the health
system and reduce wait times for Western Australians. Because it will be a
separate dedicated facility, we will be able to conduct elective surgery
separate from emergency care. A lot of elective surgery, particularly at Royal
Perth Hospital, where we have our State Trauma Centre, means that emergency
care is always prioritised over elective surgery. Having a surgery centre will
mean that patients get treatment sooner; it will also improve flow across the
broader hospital system. It will include six operating theatres, two procedure rooms,
a 24-bed surgical ward and a dedicated sterilisation service. That will create
a significant boost in capacity for our health system. It is being delivered in
partnership with the Albanese federal Labor government, and I think it is a
great example of what can be achieved when governments work together.
We were also able to
talk about our new 24-bed secure extended care unit, just across the road, which
will provide specialised longer term care for people living with severe mental health
conditions. The government's investment of $67 million in this service means we
will have dedicated mental health bed capacity that will help some of the most
vulnerable patients in our community. It means they will get intensive support
and recovery in a therapeutic setting, and it means that those patients will be
able to rebuild their lives and transition back into the community when they are
ready.
That is all part of
our government's $5.5 billion health infrastructure program, along with the redevelopments
we are doing at Midland Health Campus, Royal Perth Hospital, Osborne Park
Hospital, Bunbury Regional Hospital, our new hospitals in Mandurah and the
women's and babies' hospital in Murdoch. We are also bringing hospitals like St
John of God Mt Lawley Hospital back into public hands and facilitating the deal
to secure the Mount Hospital. It is all part of our government's commitment to
delivering health care to the people of Western Australia.
for the question. It was great to be at the Bentley Health Service campus this
morning, where we made some important announcements about that service,
including our $167 million investment in the new Bentley Health Service Surgicentre—the
first of its kind in Western Australia. I was joined by our Minister for Health
Infrastructure and the federal member for Swan so that we could mark an
important milestone in the government's record investment in the WA health
system. Today's announcement marked the release of the forward works tender for
$167 million, and this Bentley surgery centre is, as I say, the first of its
kind in Western Australia. It is going to be a game changer for elective
surgery, especially for people who live in the south-eastern corridor. It will
create a dedicated, purpose-built facility for elective procedures.
This means we will
be able to increase surgical capacity, improve efficiency across the health
system and reduce wait times for Western Australians. Because it will be a
separate dedicated facility, we will be able to conduct elective surgery
separate from emergency care. A lot of elective surgery, particularly at Royal
Perth Hospital, where we have our State Trauma Centre, means that emergency
care is always prioritised over elective surgery. Having a surgery centre will
mean that patients get treatment sooner; it will also improve flow across the
broader hospital system. It will include six operating theatres, two procedure rooms,
a 24-bed surgical ward and a dedicated sterilisation service. That will create
a significant boost in capacity for our health system. It is being delivered in
partnership with the Albanese federal Labor government, and I think it is a
great example of what can be achieved when governments work together.
We were also able to
talk about our new 24-bed secure extended care unit, just across the road, which
will provide specialised longer term care for people living with severe mental health
conditions. The government's investment of $67 million in this service means we
will have dedicated mental health bed capacity that will help some of the most
vulnerable patients in our community. It means they will get intensive support
and recovery in a therapeutic setting, and it means that those patients will be
able to rebuild their lives and transition back into the community when they are
ready.
That is all part of
our government's $5.5 billion health infrastructure program, along with the redevelopments
we are doing at Midland Health Campus, Royal Perth Hospital, Osborne Park
Hospital, Bunbury Regional Hospital, our new hospitals in Mandurah and the
women's and babies' hospital in Murdoch. We are also bringing hospitals like St
John of God Mt Lawley Hospital back into public hands and facilitating the deal
to secure the Mount Hospital. It is all part of our government's commitment to
delivering health care to the people of Western Australia.
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