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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1254 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 November 2020 by Hon Ken Baston

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BROOME HEALTH CAMPUS — CATARACT SURGERY

1254. Hon KEN BASTON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:

(1) Can the minister please advise how long a person residing in Broome who requires cataract surgery can expect to wait for the procedure to be performed at Broome Health Campus?

(2) If a Kimberley resident in need of cataract surgery wished to have the cataract surgery performed privately in Perth, would the patient be eligible for the patient assisted travel scheme?

Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I am advised of the following.

(1) The median wait time to have this procedure done in Broome is 139 days.

(2) Yes. If a Kimberley resident was unable to access cataract surgery locally and in the time frame specified by the referring doctor, they would be eligible to receive patient assisted travel scheme assistance to receive cataract surgery by either a public or a private ophthalmologist in Perth.