WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE — SERVICES
913. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the reduction in
operating hours at Wyndham Hospital since October 2021 and the closure of
maternity services in Carnarvon since February this year.
(1) Will the
minister please identify any WA Country Health Service facilities at which
services have been reduced or cancelled since January 2021?
(2) For any facilities
identified in (1), will the minister please provide —
(a) the reason for service reduction
or cancellation;
(b) the length of time for which the
service was reduced; and
(c) whether services have returned to
normal operations?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I just make the point as an aside that this would
require a search across the WA Country Health Service, not just for where
services have been reduced or cancelled, but the reasons for each time and the
length of time. It would not be possible to collect that information within
four hours. Therefore, the minister's answer is as follows.
To allow for a fulsome and accurate
answer, may I please request that the honourable member place the question on
notice.