❓ Mr. Carey questions the Minister for Health on the $22.7 million upgrade to the Royal Perth Hospital's intensive care unit, inquiring about improvements to healthcare quality and how it aligns with the government's patient-first approach. The Minister details the upgrades and contrasts their investment with the previous government's actions.
AnsweredQoN 261Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL —
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT — UPGRADE
261. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Health:
I refer to our state government's
$22.7 million upgrade to the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital, which
will be the first refurbishment in more than 30 years.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how these
upgrades to the hospital will ensure that it provides high- quality
health care to the community?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this commitment builds on the government's
record of putting patients first?
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT — UPGRADE
261. Mr J.N. CAREY to the Minister for Health:
I refer to our state government's
$22.7 million upgrade to the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital, which
will be the first refurbishment in more than 30 years.
(1) Can the minister outline to the house how these
upgrades to the hospital will ensure that it provides high- quality
health care to the community?
(2) Can the
minister advise the house how this commitment builds on the government's
record of putting patients first?
AnswerView source ↗
I would like to thank the member for
the question and for his tireless advocacy on behalf of the people of Perth and
Royal Perth Hospital.
(1)–(2) I
was down at the hospital yesterday with the Premier to make the announcement
that $22.7 million will be allocated in the 2019–20 budget towards
significant upgrades of the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital. This
will be the single biggest investment in Royal Perth Hospital in over a decade.
We will upgrade the 24-bed intensive care unit at RPH, which takes on the
largest trauma workload in Western Australia and provides care for the most
acutely ill Western Australian patients. In 2017 alone, they cared for 1 500
people at the ICU, who stayed an average of 13 days.
The ICU was built in 1988. The
Premier and I had an opportunity to look at it yesterday and it is full of the
rustic charm of 1980s laminex and architectural quality. It is ready for an
upgrade. I am delighted that for the first time in 30 years we will have bigger
patient areas and increased natural light, with windows in every patient area.
The space will be reconfigured to provide more single-patient rooms; create a dedicated
area for distressed relatives; provide a safe place for families and loved
ones; provide adequate storage and drug preparation areas; include a simulation
room to improve staff training capability; implement a modern ICT system that
will aid staff workflow and productivity; and upgrade flooring and walls.
As I said, this is the largest
investment in RPH in over a decade and comes on top of our other investments
that we have already signalled—$11.8 million towards a mental health
emergency centre, which is the centrepiece of the broader Royal Perth Hospital
redevelopment plans and which we expect to become operational later this year.
In addition, we have implemented the urgent care clinic toxicology unit at the
emergency department, which is about how we go about improving care for
drug-impacted patients so they are out of the way of the mainstream ED and get
better quality care. These commitments are in stark contrast with those made by
members on the other side when they were in government. They promised a $180 million
redevelopment of that hospital. They promised legislation that would protect
the hospital. History now shows that we are the ones who passed the Royal Perth
Hospital Protection Act and they are the ones who ripped $180 million out of
the budget and did nothing at Royal Perth Hospital.
the question and for his tireless advocacy on behalf of the people of Perth and
Royal Perth Hospital.
(1)–(2) I
was down at the hospital yesterday with the Premier to make the announcement
that $22.7 million will be allocated in the 2019–20 budget towards
significant upgrades of the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital. This
will be the single biggest investment in Royal Perth Hospital in over a decade.
We will upgrade the 24-bed intensive care unit at RPH, which takes on the
largest trauma workload in Western Australia and provides care for the most
acutely ill Western Australian patients. In 2017 alone, they cared for 1 500
people at the ICU, who stayed an average of 13 days.
The ICU was built in 1988. The
Premier and I had an opportunity to look at it yesterday and it is full of the
rustic charm of 1980s laminex and architectural quality. It is ready for an
upgrade. I am delighted that for the first time in 30 years we will have bigger
patient areas and increased natural light, with windows in every patient area.
The space will be reconfigured to provide more single-patient rooms; create a dedicated
area for distressed relatives; provide a safe place for families and loved
ones; provide adequate storage and drug preparation areas; include a simulation
room to improve staff training capability; implement a modern ICT system that
will aid staff workflow and productivity; and upgrade flooring and walls.
As I said, this is the largest
investment in RPH in over a decade and comes on top of our other investments
that we have already signalled—$11.8 million towards a mental health
emergency centre, which is the centrepiece of the broader Royal Perth Hospital
redevelopment plans and which we expect to become operational later this year.
In addition, we have implemented the urgent care clinic toxicology unit at the
emergency department, which is about how we go about improving care for
drug-impacted patients so they are out of the way of the mainstream ED and get
better quality care. These commitments are in stark contrast with those made by
members on the other side when they were in government. They promised a $180 million
redevelopment of that hospital. They promised legislation that would protect
the hospital. History now shows that we are the ones who passed the Royal Perth
Hospital Protection Act and they are the ones who ripped $180 million out of
the budget and did nothing at Royal Perth Hospital.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.