❓ The Minister for Health Infrastructure outlines the Cook Labor government's $4.3 billion investment in health infrastructure, highlighting regional projects like the Geraldton, Bunbury and Fitzroy Valley redevelopments and their impact on regional communities.
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Health infrastructure
106. Ms Divina D'Anna to the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's significant
program of health infrastructure projects across Western Australia. Can the
minister outline to the house how this investment is delivering better services
for Western Australians, particularly in the regions?
106. Ms Divina D'Anna to the Minister for Health Infrastructure:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's significant
program of health infrastructure projects across Western Australia. Can the
minister outline to the house how this investment is delivering better services
for Western Australians, particularly in the regions?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for her question. Our state government has a big, bold and ambitious health
infrastructure program across Western Australia with a commitment of $4.3 billion
to deliver hospital upgrades and new hospitals. That is in recognition in part
of the extraordinary population growth that we are facing in this state. As we
have heard from the previous health minister, and as I have been on the record
saying as the Minister for Housing, we face constraints in the building sector that
apply to not just housing, but also upgrades and construction of hospitals and other
new changes. But we are getting significant work underway. Of course, it is a
Labor government delivering on the Geraldton Hospital redevelopment and it is a
Labor government delivering on the Bunbury Regional Hospital redevelopment.
Also, when we look
north, there are smaller projects fundamentally changing people's lives. On
Friday, I had the honour of flying into Fitzroy Valley with the member for
Kimberley to see the renal unit there and meet staff on the ground. I applaud
the work that the medical staff are doing in Fitzroy Valley treating people who
are some of the most vulnerable in Western Australia. I also saw there an $8.6 million
expansion of the renal unit to double its capacity. Construction is underway. When
I spoke to the staff, we talked about how that would change people's lives. It
means that some people will be able to return to country so that they can live
closer to home or where they have grown up and access those renal facilities. It
also means, by doubling the capacity, that other people may not have to make
those trips, for example, to Perth for treatment.
This is just one
demonstration of critical investment. We hear the big figures—the $4.3 billion—but
when visiting, you actually see in action the construction underway to double
the capacity to make a significant and real improvement to people living in the
regions, but not just the regions, in the far north and the more isolated
communities. As a government, we will continue to tackle the challenges in the
construction sector, but we want to see these projects done, and we understand
the importance and what it means to regional Western Australian lives.
for her question. Our state government has a big, bold and ambitious health
infrastructure program across Western Australia with a commitment of $4.3 billion
to deliver hospital upgrades and new hospitals. That is in recognition in part
of the extraordinary population growth that we are facing in this state. As we
have heard from the previous health minister, and as I have been on the record
saying as the Minister for Housing, we face constraints in the building sector that
apply to not just housing, but also upgrades and construction of hospitals and other
new changes. But we are getting significant work underway. Of course, it is a
Labor government delivering on the Geraldton Hospital redevelopment and it is a
Labor government delivering on the Bunbury Regional Hospital redevelopment.
Also, when we look
north, there are smaller projects fundamentally changing people's lives. On
Friday, I had the honour of flying into Fitzroy Valley with the member for
Kimberley to see the renal unit there and meet staff on the ground. I applaud
the work that the medical staff are doing in Fitzroy Valley treating people who
are some of the most vulnerable in Western Australia. I also saw there an $8.6 million
expansion of the renal unit to double its capacity. Construction is underway. When
I spoke to the staff, we talked about how that would change people's lives. It
means that some people will be able to return to country so that they can live
closer to home or where they have grown up and access those renal facilities. It
also means, by doubling the capacity, that other people may not have to make
those trips, for example, to Perth for treatment.
This is just one
demonstration of critical investment. We hear the big figures—the $4.3 billion—but
when visiting, you actually see in action the construction underway to double
the capacity to make a significant and real improvement to people living in the
regions, but not just the regions, in the far north and the more isolated
communities. As a government, we will continue to tackle the challenges in the
construction sector, but we want to see these projects done, and we understand
the importance and what it means to regional Western Australian lives.
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