❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding public health expenditure in 2010-11, including breakdowns by area and percentage of total health budget. Some data unavailable for tobacco, alcohol and obesity.
AnsweredQoN 7649Legislative Assembly
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I refer to public health expenditure by the State Government spent on prevention, health promotion and protection, rather than on treatment in Western Australia, and ask:
(a) what was the total amount spent on public health in the 2010–11 financial year;
(b) can the Minister provide a breakdown of this expenditure in each area of public health, in the areas of immunization, communicable diseases, health promotion, environmental health, food standards and hygiene, screening and drug use prevention and awareness;
(c) can the Minister provide a breakdown of current public health expenditure for tobacco, alcohol and obesity; and
(d) what percentage of the total health budget is currently spent on public health?
(a) what was the total amount spent on public health in the 2010–11 financial year;
(b) can the Minister provide a breakdown of this expenditure in each area of public health, in the areas of immunization, communicable diseases, health promotion, environmental health, food standards and hygiene, screening and drug use prevention and awareness;
(c) can the Minister provide a breakdown of current public health expenditure for tobacco, alcohol and obesity; and
(d) what percentage of the total health budget is currently spent on public health?
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Answered
3 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
36 days
(a) $193.8 million.
(b) Total Government expenditure on public health activities in Western Australia, by activity ($ million):
Public Health Activities 2010/11
Communicable disease control - 24.8
Selected health promotion - 47.1
Organised immunisation - 46.1
Environmental health - 14.9
Food standards and hygiene - 3.2
Screening programs - 20.5
Prevention of hazardous and harmful drug use - 16.8
Public health research - 20.4
Total - $193.8M
Source: Epidemiology Branch, System Policy and Planning, Department of Health, April 2012.
(c) Complete and reliable data on public health expenditure for tobacco and alcohol should be available in early 2013 (February). Attempts to report on expenditure based on current data are likely to be flawed and unreliable.
Complete and reliable data on public health expenditure on obesity is problematic and not currently collated as a distinct public health activity. Obesity data is included directly or indirectly across a range of programs, in areas such as health, sport and recreation, transport, planning, communities, education, drugs and alcohol. While reporting on Western Australian Department of Health expenditure on obesity prevention for 2011/12 could be provided, this would at best be a gross underestimate of whole-of-government investment.
(d) 3.4%.
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(b) Total Government expenditure on public health activities in Western Australia, by activity ($ million):
Public Health Activities 2010/11
Communicable disease control - 24.8
Selected health promotion - 47.1
Organised immunisation - 46.1
Environmental health - 14.9
Food standards and hygiene - 3.2
Screening programs - 20.5
Prevention of hazardous and harmful drug use - 16.8
Public health research - 20.4
Total - $193.8M
Source: Epidemiology Branch, System Policy and Planning, Department of Health, April 2012.
(c) Complete and reliable data on public health expenditure for tobacco and alcohol should be available in early 2013 (February). Attempts to report on expenditure based on current data are likely to be flawed and unreliable.
Complete and reliable data on public health expenditure on obesity is problematic and not currently collated as a distinct public health activity. Obesity data is included directly or indirectly across a range of programs, in areas such as health, sport and recreation, transport, planning, communities, education, drugs and alcohol. While reporting on Western Australian Department of Health expenditure on obesity prevention for 2011/12 could be provided, this would at best be a gross underestimate of whole-of-government investment.
(d) 3.4%.
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