❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health regarding the Peel Health Campus contract renewal, seeking assurance that other providers can bid. The Minister declines to guarantee this, promising an unbiased decision based on departmental advice.
AnsweredQoN 553Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
PEEL
HEALTH CAMPUS — HEALTH SOLUTIONS
553. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister guarantee
that other health providers, private and public, will have the opportunity to
bid for the licence of the hospital and not just roll the contract over to the
current operator?
HEALTH CAMPUS — HEALTH SOLUTIONS
553. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Will the minister guarantee
that other health providers, private and public, will have the opportunity to
bid for the licence of the hospital and not just roll the contract over to the
current operator?
AnswerView source ↗
I will not guarantee that, but I will guarantee that what
will come to me from the health department will tell me which of those options
is in the best interests of the people of Mandurah, and I will take an unbiased
view of that. So, I will not just be —
Ms J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Nollamara!
Mr R.H. Cook : You'll
have to wait for another $100 000 donation from Health Solutions!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
will be just waiting; I will not be just rolling over that contract if the
health department puts to me that the best option for the people of Mandurah is
to go out for expressions of interest. So, I will make that decision when I get
that proposal.
will come to me from the health department will tell me which of those options
is in the best interests of the people of Mandurah, and I will take an unbiased
view of that. So, I will not just be —
Ms J.M. Freeman interjected.
The SPEAKER :
Member for Nollamara!
Mr R.H. Cook : You'll
have to wait for another $100 000 donation from Health Solutions!
Dr K.D. HAMES : I
will be just waiting; I will not be just rolling over that contract if the
health department puts to me that the best option for the people of Mandurah is
to go out for expressions of interest. So, I will make that decision when I get
that proposal.
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