URGENT CARE CLINICS — DATA COLLECTION
793. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the state government's
urgent care clinic trial and Legislative Council question without notice 696
asked in this place on 24 June 2020.
(1) Given that
the 18-month urgent care clinic trial has now finished, has a report or review
been undertaken into the trial, and will the minister please table this review?
(2) I refer to the previous commitment that
performance reviews would be undertaken at six-monthly intervals; can
the minister please table the most recent performance review?
(3) What is the
status of implementing the promised regional urgent care clinics in Geraldton,
the Pilbara, Albany, the Kimberley and Kalgoorlie, particularly in light of
increasing healthcare demand?
(4) Recognising
that Geraldton has the second busiest emergency department in regional WA, when
can that city expect the government's election commitment to be
honoured?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
Honourable member, the words I have
for part (3) of the question says ''increasing healthcare demand arising
from COVID-19''. The member did not read that out so, hopefully, the
answer will not be different as a result.
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information is provided on behalf of
the Minister for Health.
(1) An evaluation
program on the GP urgent care network pilot will be undertaken over the course
of this month, with the formal analysis and report to be completed by the
fourth quarter of 2021.
(2) Monthly
reporting has been completed. The end-of-pilot analysis and report will be
completed in the fourth quarter of 2021.
(3)–(4) Models
to support urgent care in Geraldton, the Pilbara, Albany, the Kimberley and
Kalgoorlie continue to be explored.