❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the status of the Bunbury Hospital ICU and Emergency Department upgrades, including timelines, business cases, and the impact of the four-hour rule. The answer provides updates on the business case progress and acknowledges the Bunbury ED upgrade as a priority.
AnsweredQoN 714Legislative Council
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I refer to my question without notice No. 404, asked on 8 April 2009, concerning the Bunbury Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and your answer, and ask -
(1) Has the Business Case for the Bunbury ICU been completed?
(2) When will the WA Country Health Service finalise its consideration of the business case for the Bunbury ICU?
(3) When will the business case for the upgrade of the Bunbury Emergency Department be completed?
(4) How many hospitals in Western Australia require upgrade of their emergency department as part of the Government’s Emergency Department Reform across Western Australia, for the introduction of the four hour rule?
(5) Where does the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade sit in the list of hospitals requiring emergency department upgrades?
(6) What is the commencement date for the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade?
(7) What is the completion date for the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade?
(8) Will the Minister table a copy of the, ‘Agreements reached at the Council of Australian Governments’, referred to in the answer to my question without notice on 8 April 2009?
(1) Has the Business Case for the Bunbury ICU been completed?
(2) When will the WA Country Health Service finalise its consideration of the business case for the Bunbury ICU?
(3) When will the business case for the upgrade of the Bunbury Emergency Department be completed?
(4) How many hospitals in Western Australia require upgrade of their emergency department as part of the Government’s Emergency Department Reform across Western Australia, for the introduction of the four hour rule?
(5) Where does the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade sit in the list of hospitals requiring emergency department upgrades?
(6) What is the commencement date for the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade?
(7) What is the completion date for the Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department upgrade?
(8) Will the Minister table a copy of the, ‘Agreements reached at the Council of Australian Governments’, referred to in the answer to my question without notice on 8 April 2009?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 June 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(1) No.
(2) The Business Case for the Bunbury Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was substantially completed, and the scope of development planned at Bunbury widened to include expansion of the Bunbury Emergency Department (ED). However due to design and infrastructure constraints and the introduction of the four-hour rule reform process for emergency departments, the ED expansion is a critical first step. The ED Business Case includes essential infrastructure components of the ICU development which is planned to follow.
(3) The Business Case for the ED will be completed in the second half of 2009.
(4) The Four Hour Rule Program is based on using a Clinical Service Redesign methodology which requires a period of diagnostic evaluation prior to developing and implementing solutions. Therefore, at this point of the Program the Department of Health is not able to predict if solutions generated by each hospital will determine that an upgrade to their emergency department is required.
(5 - 6) As highlighted in answer 4 above it is too early to predict the requirement for ED upgrades as a result of the implementation of the Four Hour Rule Program. However, with respect to the Bunbury ED pressures related to the number of attendances is evident and therefore upgrade to this ED is a priority.
(7) The design, tender, construction and transition period is estimated to be 36 months.
(8)
The Agreement to which the answer to the 8 April 2009 Parliamentary Question Without Notice refers is the National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform. This can be found on the internet via the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) website.
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(2) The Business Case for the Bunbury Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was substantially completed, and the scope of development planned at Bunbury widened to include expansion of the Bunbury Emergency Department (ED). However due to design and infrastructure constraints and the introduction of the four-hour rule reform process for emergency departments, the ED expansion is a critical first step. The ED Business Case includes essential infrastructure components of the ICU development which is planned to follow.
(3) The Business Case for the ED will be completed in the second half of 2009.
(4) The Four Hour Rule Program is based on using a Clinical Service Redesign methodology which requires a period of diagnostic evaluation prior to developing and implementing solutions. Therefore, at this point of the Program the Department of Health is not able to predict if solutions generated by each hospital will determine that an upgrade to their emergency department is required.
(5 - 6) As highlighted in answer 4 above it is too early to predict the requirement for ED upgrades as a result of the implementation of the Four Hour Rule Program. However, with respect to the Bunbury ED pressures related to the number of attendances is evident and therefore upgrade to this ED is a priority.
(7) The design, tender, construction and transition period is estimated to be 36 months.
(8)
The Agreement to which the answer to the 8 April 2009 Parliamentary Question Without Notice refers is the National Partnership Agreement on Hospital and Health Workforce Reform. This can be found on the internet via the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) website.
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