Hon Donna Faragher asks about funding for mother baby units at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital for the past three financial years and the allocated funding for 2022-23. The Minister provides funding figures for previous years but states the 2022-23 allocation is still being finalised.

AnsweredQoN 532Legislative Council
Asked
15 June 2022
Portfolio
Health

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MOTHER BABY UNITS
532. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to mother baby units that
provide specialist perinatal support and treatment services.
(1) In the 2019–20,
2020–21 and 2021–22 financial years, what was the total amount
of funding provided by the Department of Health to deliver this service at the
following hospitals —
(a) King Edward Memorial Hospital for
Women; and
(b) Fiona Stanley Hospital?
(2) For each
hospital referenced in (1), what is the total amount of funding that has been
allocated to deliver this service in the 2022–23 financial year?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The Mental
Health Commission funding for the mother baby units is in tabular form. I seek
leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Service
Funding2019–20
Funding2020–21
Funding2021–22
(l)(a)
King Edward Memorial Hospital
$3.077
$3,329
$4,570
(l)(b)
Fiona Stanley Hospital
$2.887
$2.925
$4,592
(2) The Mental Health Commission is currently
finalising the 2022–23 funding allocation.

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