EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS
363. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Given the amount of spin and selective information coming from the minister's
office, how are Western Australians supposed to trust that the minister can
deliver the health system they deserve?
Mr R.H.
COOK replied:
That
is one of the longest supplementary questions I have ever heard, and it had a bigger
preface that War and Peace. There
is no spin here. We are being truthful with the people of Western Australia.
This would be a great opportunity for the member for Cottesloe to learn
the lessons of being truthful with the people of Western Australia. The fact of
the matter is that our emergency departments are under intense pressure. Our
doctors and nurses working on the frontline are working harder than ever,
having come off the back of one of the most stressful periods of their careers,
and that is why we are undertaking the most significant expansion of our
hospital beds and workforce—but it is not easy. Thank goodness we have
the McGowan Labor government, because at least we are dedicated to the hard
work.