HOSPITALS — REGIONS — POSTOPERATIVE CARE
314. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the care provided to
regional patients following their discharge from a public or private hospital.
(1) Who is
responsible for providing postoperative care?
(2) Does the
hospital which received the activity-based funding have an obligation to
provide this care or is it funded to do so?
(3) What
arrangements does the WA Country Health Service have in place to support
patients in towns such as Bindoon and Gingin, which do not have public
hospitals or public health facilities?
(4) Is the
minister aware that patients are being discharged from public and private
hospitals with abdominal and chest drains which are unable to be supported in
the locations they reside?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I have been
advised by the WA Country Health Service that further time is required
to answer this question. The
information will be provided to the member by 23 June 2021.