❓ Mr. Cook questions Dr. Hames, the Minister for Health, about the potential downgrading of midwifery services at Busselton District Hospital. Dr. Hames denies confirming any downgrading, leading to a heated exchange.
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BUSSELTON DISTRICT HOSPITAL — MIDWIFERY WARD
I have a supplementary question. The minister has said that he is downgrading that service. Is he as out of touch as the Attorney General is with the needs of nursing mothers in the community? Dr K.D. HAMES
I have a supplementary question. The minister has said that he is downgrading that service. Is he as out of touch as the Attorney General is with the needs of nursing mothers in the community? Dr K.D. HAMES
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What a load of nonsense! What a ridiculous thing to say! I have not confirmed that I am downgrading that service. Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: What a load of nonsense! What a ridiculous thing to say! I have not confirmed that I am downgrading that service. Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
What a load of nonsense! What a ridiculous thing to say! I have not confirmed that I am downgrading that service. Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: What a load of nonsense! What a ridiculous thing to say! I have not confirmed that I am downgrading that service. Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
What a load of nonsense! What a ridiculous thing to say! I have not confirmed that I am downgrading that service. Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : You have! You have just said so! Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No, I have not! Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : You said you’re taking specialists and you’re sending them off to do other duties. Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : That service will deliver the best midwifery service that that hospital requires. If the number of deliveries goes up at that hospital, those midwives will work as full-time midwives. Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Mr R.H. Cook : How do you expect them to go up if you’re downgrading the service? Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Because they will be dedicated midwives as the demand requires. If the demand rises to a level whereby they are required to work full time in the unit, they will work there. When they are not required to, they will do alternative work. We are making the best use of taxpayer dollars, and we are providing an excellent service in that hospital.
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