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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 530 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 15 September 2021 by Ms L. Mettam

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

WOMEN'S AND BABIES' HOSPITAL

530. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:

I have a supplementary question. Given that maternity bypasses are the Labor government's new standard of care for birthing mums, and given that this project is now years away, how does the minister expect to address the crisis facing our health system right now?

The SPEAKER: It might be timely for me to remind people on both sides that, firstly, a supplementary question should be a single question and should not contain a preamble; and, secondly, in terms of the ministerial responses, I anticipate a brief response that is shorter than the first answer. Thank you.

Mr R.H. COOK replied:

But the last one was so short, Madam Speaker!

The SPEAKER: You have a time limit of under a minute.

Mr R.H. COOK: The way we resolve the challenges in health is to continue to have strong financial management so that we can have strong investment in health services, which is exactly what is going on. We employed 750 qualified nurses in the WA health system between January and June this year. We are making the investment decisions and we are making sure that we put things in place to continue to provide world-class health care for the people of Western Australia.

The SPEAKER: Well done!