❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Health portfolio on the State's progress towards increasing preventative health funding to 5% of the health budget by 2029, as recommended by the Sustainable Health Review. The response provides expenditure data from 2017-18 and indicates planning is underway.
AnsweredQoN 2870Legislative Council
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I
refer to the Sustainable Health Review and recommendation 1, which recommends
that preventative health funding should increase to 5 percent of the health budget
within 10 years, and I ask: (a) what
is the State’s current spend on preventative health services; (b) what
is the State’s current spend on preventative health services by area health
service; and (c) what
plans does the State have in place to achieve this recommendation by 2029?
refer to the Sustainable Health Review and recommendation 1, which recommends
that preventative health funding should increase to 5 percent of the health budget
within 10 years, and I ask: (a) what
is the State’s current spend on preventative health services; (b) what
is the State’s current spend on preventative health services by area health
service; and (c) what
plans does the State have in place to achieve this recommendation by 2029?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 May 2020
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) State expenditure on preventative health services was $263.4 million in 2017-18 (latest available data).
(b) Expenditure on preventative health services in 2017-18 by Health Service Provider is provided below:
Health Service Provider
Expenditure
($M)
WA Country Health Service
43.6
North Metropolitan Health Service
52.9
Child & Adolescent Health Service
3.8
East Metropolitan Health Service
6.6
South Metropolitan Health Service
8.3
Total Health Service Provider Expenditure*
115.2
*Note the above breakdown does not include expenditure by Department of Health as System Manager , Mental Health Commission and Healthway
(c) Planning to effect a real increase in annual expenditure on prevention is underway, along with consideration about where additional funding could best be applied.
(a) State expenditure on preventative health services was $263.4 million in 2017-18 (latest available data).
(b) Expenditure on preventative health services in 2017-18 by Health Service Provider is provided below:
Health Service Provider
Expenditure
($M)
WA Country Health Service
43.6
North Metropolitan Health Service
52.9
Child & Adolescent Health Service
3.8
East Metropolitan Health Service
6.6
South Metropolitan Health Service
8.3
Total Health Service Provider Expenditure*
115.2
*Note the above breakdown does not include expenditure by Department of Health as System Manager , Mental Health Commission and Healthway
(c) Planning to effect a real increase in annual expenditure on prevention is underway, along with consideration about where additional funding could best be applied.
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