❓ Ms. Kent questions the Minister for Health on the Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment and regional healthcare improvements. The Minister outlines progress, challenges, and investments in regional health infrastructure.
AnsweredQoN 397Legislative Assembly
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GERALDTON HEALTH CAMPUS —
REDEVELOPMENT
397. Ms A.E. KENT to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
commitment to redevelop Geraldton Health Campus.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this important redevelopment will improve
healthcare services for the Geraldton community and provide midwest residents
with safe and efficient care closer to home?
(2) Can the
minister update the house on this Labor government's record of
delivering better services and infrastructure for people living in the regions?
REDEVELOPMENT
397. Ms A.E. KENT to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
commitment to redevelop Geraldton Health Campus.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this important redevelopment will improve
healthcare services for the Geraldton community and provide midwest residents
with safe and efficient care closer to home?
(2) Can the
minister update the house on this Labor government's record of
delivering better services and infrastructure for people living in the regions?
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(1)–(2) I
thank the member for Kalgoorlie for this question. There is no doubt that
regional health care is one of the Cook
government's major priorities in health. We have seen a record
investment in health infrastructure in regional Western Australia. The
redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus is an important part of that redevelopment. It is no secret that there
have been construction challenges particularly in the midwest . We have
seen a disrupted construction environment, a heated construction market and the
impacts of cyclone Seroja, and government projects are not immune to those
impacts. We have made significant progress
towards the redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus, working closely with
Multiplex to ensure that the project is delivered as quickly as
possible. It is a busy health campus; it is a busy regional hospital. It does
fantastic work. We saw stage 1 completed with the brand new car park and new
ambulance entry and main entrance, and stage 2 will include an expanded
emergency department, new intensive care unit and a high-dependency unit.
[Interruption.]
Ms A. SANDERSON :
Someone is emptying their empties. Someone had a party last night!
Ms R. Saffioti : It was a National
Party preselection party!
Ms
A. SANDERSON : We know it was not
the Nationals WA in the upper house, because none of them got preselected!
Ms R. Saffioti : They will be
drowning their sorrows.
Ms A. SANDERSON : Yes.
Multiplex has worked incredibly hard
with the local contractors to ensure there is a huge amount of local content,
and this really creates local jobs. It is working to progress this project.
This is on top of significant investment by this
government in regional health care, including the already delivered Newman
Health Service, with a $61 million investment delivering more beds, a new
emergency department, a new medical centre and dedicated space for a dental
clinic. We delivered radiation oncology in Albany. We have upgraded birthing
suites at Broome Health Campus and delivered upgrades to Dongara Health Centre.
There are the incredible Collie Hospital upgrades, with its new surgery suites,
and upgrades to Plantagenet, Cranbrook, Boddington, Dalwallinu and Wongan Hills
Health Services. We have added 30 more beds to Bunbury Hospital, and we
continue to support the increase in training of psychiatrists by increasing
psychiatrists in regional Western Australia by 300 per cent. We are doing the
work to support regional health care. There is no question that there are
challenges in delivering all infrastructure around the world, but we are
absolutely committed to doing that, and Geraldton is just one example of that.
thank the member for Kalgoorlie for this question. There is no doubt that
regional health care is one of the Cook
government's major priorities in health. We have seen a record
investment in health infrastructure in regional Western Australia. The
redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus is an important part of that redevelopment. It is no secret that there
have been construction challenges particularly in the midwest . We have
seen a disrupted construction environment, a heated construction market and the
impacts of cyclone Seroja, and government projects are not immune to those
impacts. We have made significant progress
towards the redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus, working closely with
Multiplex to ensure that the project is delivered as quickly as
possible. It is a busy health campus; it is a busy regional hospital. It does
fantastic work. We saw stage 1 completed with the brand new car park and new
ambulance entry and main entrance, and stage 2 will include an expanded
emergency department, new intensive care unit and a high-dependency unit.
[Interruption.]
Ms A. SANDERSON :
Someone is emptying their empties. Someone had a party last night!
Ms R. Saffioti : It was a National
Party preselection party!
Ms
A. SANDERSON : We know it was not
the Nationals WA in the upper house, because none of them got preselected!
Ms R. Saffioti : They will be
drowning their sorrows.
Ms A. SANDERSON : Yes.
Multiplex has worked incredibly hard
with the local contractors to ensure there is a huge amount of local content,
and this really creates local jobs. It is working to progress this project.
This is on top of significant investment by this
government in regional health care, including the already delivered Newman
Health Service, with a $61 million investment delivering more beds, a new
emergency department, a new medical centre and dedicated space for a dental
clinic. We delivered radiation oncology in Albany. We have upgraded birthing
suites at Broome Health Campus and delivered upgrades to Dongara Health Centre.
There are the incredible Collie Hospital upgrades, with its new surgery suites,
and upgrades to Plantagenet, Cranbrook, Boddington, Dalwallinu and Wongan Hills
Health Services. We have added 30 more beds to Bunbury Hospital, and we
continue to support the increase in training of psychiatrists by increasing
psychiatrists in regional Western Australia by 300 per cent. We are doing the
work to support regional health care. There is no question that there are
challenges in delivering all infrastructure around the world, but we are
absolutely committed to doing that, and Geraldton is just one example of that.
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