PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS
REMEMBRANCE DAY —HARVEY HOUSE AND MEMORIAL GARDEN
742. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the minister representing the Minister
for Health:
I refer to the Premier's
statement in the Legislative Assembly on 15 October 2020 regarding Pregnancy
and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and his comments that —
Throughout
2020 we have been working to subdivide Harvey House and the memorial garden
from King Edward Memorial Hospital. Although this process has not been
simple, work has been ongoing.
(1) What options
has the government identified to subdivide Harvey House and the memorial garden
from the hospital?
(2) Does it
remain the intention of the government to subdivide the site; and, if not, why
not?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1) Following the
announcement of the relocation of King Edward Memorial Hospital in April 2019;
the Department of Health, the North
Metropolitan Health Service and the Women and Newborn Health Service
were requested to investigate a solution to divest the KEMH site and find a definitive
owner to protect and secure the future of
Harvey House and the rose garden. The Department of Planning, Lands and
Heritage advised that the fastest solution was for DOH to offer a licence
to a not-for-profit group. The WA Medical Museum Board, the current custodians
of Harvey House, was identified and agreed to enter into a licence to manage
Harvey House and the rose garden.
(2) Yes.