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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1216 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 December 2021 by Hon Steve Martin

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HOSPITALS — REGIONS — BED CAPACITY

1216. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to today's announcement of funding to help WA prepare for a safe transition to living with COVID-19.

(1) How many of the 40 new intensive care unit beds are located in regional Western Australia?

(2) How many of the 120 modular beds are located in regional WA?

(3) How many of the remaining 110 beds are located in regional WA?

(4) For those beds referred to in (1) to (3), please provide a breakdown by hospital and ward.

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:

On behalf of the minister representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer based on information provided to me by the Minister for Health.

(1)–(4) The McGowan government has invested a further $1.28 billion into the health and mental health system in the 2021–22 midyear review. Combined with the $1.9 billion investment in the budget, this has delivered a record $3.2 billion boost to Western Australia's health system. This additional funding includes an additional 270 hospital beds and associated staff.

The remaining information is in tabular form and I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

HSP

Hospital

Bed Numbers

Bed Type

EMHS

Royal Perth Bentley

50

28

30

General beds

ICU

Modular ward

SMHS

Fiona Stanley

10

ICU

 

Fremantle

24

General

 

Rockingham

30

Modular ward

NMHS

NMHS

36

Contract

 

Osborne Park

30

Modular ward

CAHS

PCH

2

ICU

WACHS

Bunbury

30

Modular ward