❓ The Minister for Health provides an update on the progress of the new cancer centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, including timelines, costs, and benefits such as increased treatment capacity and reduced wait times.
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Currently, 52 000 Western Australians are living with cancer. Will the minister please inform the house on the progress of the state cancer centre that is planned for the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question. Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question. Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question. Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question. Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
I thank the member for Girrawheen for the question. Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Work on the new cancer centre at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is scheduled to begin in the next few weeks and stage 1 is expected to be completed by the end of February 2006. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The SPEAKER : Have the members for Girrawheen and Nedlands finished their private conversation? Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : The construction of the cancer centre was fully endorsed by the Reid report and constitutes a very important part of the government’s blueprint for the future of Western Australia’s health services. Stage 1 will cost $12.3 million and will bring to Western Australia urgently needed additional treatment facilities for those patients who need radiation therapy. Currently, some patients with non-urgent cases are waiting for up to six months from the time of their operation to their treatment with radiation therapy to deal with the cancer. The allocation of $12.3 million will pay for the centre’s construction costs and for two additional linear accelerators. This will double the radiation therapy capacity at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The creation of three “bunkers” during stage 1 of the facility will house three linear accelerators in total. These machines administer radiation therapy treatment for cancer patients and will be used to treat most types of cancer. Radiation therapy allows intensively focused treatment to target tumours while avoiding normal tissues. About 50 per cent of all cancer is treated by radiation therapy. Around 1 780 patients a year make a total of 34 087 treatment visits. Some 95 per cent of these visits are conducted as outpatient visits, which allows people to carry on their normal everyday activities. Some 610 additional patients a year will be treated once the new centre opens. Currently almost 500 people are on the waitlist for radiation therapy. The current long wait for treatment experienced by patients will be eliminated when the new machines are operational. Staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are currently working extended hours and are looking for other ways to meet the pressures of demand while we wait for the new facilities to come on stream. Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
Stage 2 of the project will integrate services for cancer patients and, when completed, will house the State Director of Cancer Services for Western Australia, who will lead the coordination of state cancer network services. The facility will provide one-stop care for patients who are having treatment for cancer. Medical oncologists, haematologists and radiation oncologists will treat patients in a multidisciplinary environment. The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
The government will also establish a cancer centre at the Fiona Stanley hospital to provide an equivalent service to patients in Perth’s southern suburbs. The Western Australian Cancer Services Taskforce, a body of clinical experts in cancer care, is chaired by Professor Christobel Saunders and is developing a state cancer services framework to improve cancer treatment services across the state.
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