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Inquiry Details

Inquiry Name:

Review of WA's Current and Future Hospital and Community Health Care Services

Date Commenced:12/04/2008
Date Ended:05/06/2010
Inquiry Status:Past

Committee Name:

Education and Health Committee (2008 - 2013)

House:Legislative Assembly

Members Conducting Inquiry
Members:Dr Janet May Woollard MLA
Mr Peter Bruce Watson MLA
Ms Lisa Loraine Baker MLA
Mr Ian Charles Blayney MLA
Mr Peter Abetz MLA


Media Statements:

 02/16/2010

Staff Members: Dr David Worth (Principal Research Officer)
Mr Timothy Hughes, BA (Hons) (Research Officer)

Contact Details

Phone No:9222 7469
Fax No:9222 7804
Email: Click here to send an email to the Committee Office

Terms of Reference:The terms of reference for the inquiry are that the EHSC review WA’s current and future hospital and community health care services to determine whether population needs are taken into account in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating those services with particular reference to -

(a) monitoring the compliance with and any departure from the Reid report and the 2005-15 health clinical services framework;

(b) identifying any outstanding needs and gaps in health care services; and

(c) considering the ramifications of the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill 2008.

The Committee will report to the House by 6 May 2010.


Making a Submission to a Parliamentary Committee of the Legislative Assembly
Giving Evidence to a Parliamentary Committee of the Legislative Assembly





Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the Legislative Assembly Committee Rooms, Level 1/11 Harvest Tce, West Perth

Hearing Dates:

Date

Time

Venue

Organisation

Witnesses

Broadcasted In

Pub/Priv

08/31/200910:00 AMSt John Ambulance - Mr Tony Ahern
08/31/200901:00 PMDr John Wray
08/31/200902:00 PMPeel Health Campus - Mr Stephen Wisnewski-Smith
08/31/200903:00 PMPrivate Speech Pathologist - Ms Lynne Middleton
08/31/200903:00 PMOT Aust WA - Ms Gayle Hillen
08/31/200903:00 PMPrivate Speech Pathologist - Ms Rosemarie Candler
08/31/200904:00 PMHeart Foundation - Mr Maurice Sawnson
08/31/200904:00 PMCancer Council - Ms Susan Rooney & Ms Denise Sullivan
09/01/200908:30 AMLHMWU - Mr Dave Kelly
09/01/200909:15 AMSpeech Pathology Australia - Dr Cori Williams
09/01/200910:00 AMMount Hospital - Mr Justin Walker
09/01/200911:00 AMHollywood Hospital - Mr Kevin Cass-Ryall
09/01/200911:00 AMJoondalup Health Campus - Mr Kempton Cowan
09/01/200901:00 PMSilver Chain - Mr C McGowan
09/01/200902:00 PMWACHAS - Ms Michelle Kosky
09/01/200902:00 PMHealth Consumers Council - Ms Maxine Drake
09/01/200903:00 PMUniting Church Homes - Mr Vaughan Harding
09/01/200904:00 PMMercy Hospital - Mr Garry England
09/16/200909:00 AMProf Harvey Coates AO
09/16/200910:00 AMRFDS - Mr Tim Shackleton
09/07/200911:30 AMMerredin Shire OfficesCountry Health Servce Wheatbelt Region - Ms Libby Marmion
09/07/200911:30 AMMerredin Shire OfficesMerredin Hospital - Mr Cecil Stones
09/07/200911:30 AMMerredin Shire OfficesDistrict Health Advisory Council Wheatbelt Eastern
09/07/200912:30 PMMerredin Shire OfficesShire President - Cr Ken Hooper
09/07/200912:30 PMMerredin Shire OfficesMerredin Shire CEO - Mr Frank Ludovico
09/07/200901:00 PMMerredin Shire OfficesWACHS - Ms Wendy Jardine
09/07/200901:00 PMMerredin Shire OfficesEWEYN - Ms Shelley Lombardini
09/07/200902:00 PMMerredin Shire OfficesMerredin Retirement Village - Ms Beth Gearing
09/07/200902:00 PMMerredin Shire OfficesWACHS - Ms Jeanette Feagan
09/07/200902:00 PMMerredin Shire OfficesWACHS - Ms Bree Hetherington
09/07/200903:15 PMMerredin Shire OfficesMerredin Aboriginal Project Incorporated - Cr Mick Hayden
09/07/200903:15 PMMerredin Shire OfficesWACHS - Ms Suzanne Franklin
09/07/200903:15 PMMerredin Shire OfficesWACHS - Ms Jenny Yarrin
09/21/200911:30 AMKatanning Shire OfficesWACHS Great Southern Katanning Hospital - Ms Fiona Berger
09/21/200912:00 PMKatanning Shire OfficesDr Nickie Du Preez - General Practitioner
09/21/200901:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesBaptistcare - Mr Rob Douglas
09/21/200901:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesMs Lyn Davey - Private Psychologist
09/21/200901:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesKatanning Child and Adolescent Mental Health
09/21/200903:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesWACHS Great Southern - Ms Sue Millar
09/21/200904:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesKatanning Alcohol Action Program - Mr Carl Beck
09/21/200904:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesWA Police Katanning - Senior Sergeant Greg Crofts
09/21/200904:30 PMKatanning Shire OfficesDepartment of Corrective Services - Ms Claire Heffernan
11/10/200908:30 AMDepartment of Health - Dr Peter Flett
11/11/200910:00 AMDepartment of Health - Ms Carol Cheney
11/11/200910:00 AMDepartment of Health - Mr Mark Miller
11/18/200909:00 AMDepartment of Treasury and Finance - Mr Tim Marney
11/18/200910:00 AMWACOSS - Ms Sue Ash
02/12/201001:00 PMWAHSC - Parents Ms Susan Oliver Ms Bridgette Rodda Ms Mandy Tilbury
02/16/201001:00 PMDepartment of Health - Mr Kim Snowball
02/16/201001:00 PMDepartment of Health - Ms Jodie South

Tabling Date:
05/06/2010

Related Written Submissions:
Written Submission by Department of Health - Dr Philip Montgomery on 8 Dec 2008
Written Submission by Department of Health - Dr Peter Flett on 8 Dec 2008
Written Submission by Department of Health - Mr Brad Sebbes on 8 Dec 2008
Written Submission by St John of God Hosp, Murdoch on 27 May 2009
Written Submission by South Perth Hospital on 28 May 2009
Written Submission by Mount Hospital on 29 May 2009
Written Submission by St John of God Hosp, Subiaco on 4 Jun 2009
Written Submission by Woodvale Private Hospital for Women on 10 Jun 2009
Written Submission by Bethesda Hospital on 17 Jun 2009
Written Submission by Department of Health - Office of the Director General on 25 Jun 2009
Written Submission by Cystic Fibrosis WA Inc on 7 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Ms Glenda Brown on 7 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Peel Health Campus on 14 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Heart Foundation on 15 Jul 2009
Written Submission by WA Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS and STIs on 16 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Minister for Health - Dr Kim Hames on 28 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Principals Browne, Lucas & Kapiteyn on 28 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Department of Human Services, Victoria on 29 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Shire of Manjimup on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Assoc. Professor Barby Singer on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Connect Groups on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Health Consumers' Council on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Council on the Ageing WA Inc on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by RPH Clinical Staff Association on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Cancer Council WA on 31 Jul 2009
Written Submission by Commissioner for Children and Young People on 3 Aug 2009
Written Submission by ACT Health Minister on 6 Aug 2009
Written Submission by Palliative Care WA (inc) on 7 Aug 2009

Related Transcripts of Evidence:

• Evidence by Dr Peter Flett (Director General, Department of Health), Dr Philip Montgomery (Executive Director, Royal Perth Hospital), Mr Bradley Sebbes (Executive Director, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Department of Health) on 08/12/2008
• Evidence by Dr Peter Flett (Director General, Department of Health), Dr Robyn Lawrence (Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Department of Health), Ms Jodie South (Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Department of Health), Mr Bradley Sebbes (Executive Director, Fiona Stanley Hospital), Dr Philip Montgomery (Executive Director Planning, Royal Perth Hospital) on 18/03/2009
• Evidence by Mr Philip Aylward (Executive Director, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Department of Health), Mr Mark Morrissey (Executive Director, Child and Adolescent Health Service, Department of Health), Ms Jodie South (Senior Project Manager, Department of Health) on 19/08/2009
• Evidence by Dr Nigel Armstrong (Psychiatrist, Royal Perth Hospital) on 25/08/2009
• Evidence by Professor Gary Geelhoed (Medical Practitioner; Australian Medical Association, c/- Emergency Department, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children), Mr Peter Jennings (Deputy Executive Director, Australian Medical Association) on 25/08/2009
• Evidence by Dr Steven Patchett (Executive Director, Mental Health, Department of Health) on 25/08/2009
• Evidence by Professor Samar Aoun (Director of Research Centre, WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Curtin University), Mr William Hallahan (Executive officer, Palliative Care WA Inc) on 25/08/2009
• Evidence by Dr Amanda Frazer (Executive Director, Women and Newborn Health Service, Executive Services, King Edward Memorial Hospital) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Roslyn Elmes (Executive Director, Public Health and Ambulatory Care, Dept of Health) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Professor D'Arcy Holman (Chair in Public Health, University of Western Australia) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Ms Michelle Scott (Commissioner for Children and Young People), Ms Amy Tait (Principal Policy Officer, Commissioner for Children and Young People) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Kim Snowball (Chief Executive, WA Country Health Service) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Neil Guard (Executive Director, Drug and Alcohol Office), Mrs Myra Browne (Director, Policy, Strategy and Information, Drug and Alcohol Office), Mr Eric Dillon (Director, Client Services, Drug and Alcohol Office) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Kenneth Marston (Executive Director, Council on the Ageing WA Inc), Ms Gail Milner (Operational Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Department of Health) on 26/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Maurice Swanson (Chief Executive Officer, National Heart Foundation), Ms Susan Rooney (Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council WA), Ms Denise Sullivan (Director, Tobacco Programs, Cancer Council WA) on 31/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Stephen Wisnewski-Smith (Chief Executive Officer, Peel Health Campus) on 31/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Tony Ahern (Chief Executive Officer, St John Ambulance WA) on 31/08/2009
• Evidence by Dr John Wray (Paediatrician) on 31/08/2009
• Evidence by Ms Gayle Hillen (Occupational Therapist, Kidz OT Essentials), Ms Lynne Middleton (Speech Pathologist) on 31/08/2009
• Evidence by Mr Garry England (Chief Executive, Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Vaughan Harding (Chief Executive Officer, Uniting Church Homes) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Dr Cori Williams (Speech Pathologist/Lecturer, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Justin Walter (General Manager, Mount Hospital) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr David Kelly (Secretary, Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union), Mr John Thomas (Station Manager, St John Ambulance) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Christopher McGowan (Chief Executive Officer, Silver Chain) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Michelle Kosky (Executive Director, Health Consumers’ Council WA), Ms Maxine Drake (Advocate, Health Consumers’ Council WA), Dr Lewis Marshall (Sexual Health Physician, Infectious Diseases Department, Fremantle Hospital) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Kempton Cowan (Chief Executive Officer, Joondalup Health Campus), Mr Kevin Cass-Ryall (State Manager, Operations, WA/SA, Ramsay Health Care, Hollywood Private Hospital) on 01/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Eric Nordberg (Regional Manager, Holyoake Australian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Addiction Resolutions, Wheatbelt Community Drug Service Team), Mr Luke Turner (Diversion Officer and Counsellor-Educator, Wheatbelt Community Drug Service Team), Sgt Michael Daley (Acting Officer in Charge, WA Police, Police Station, Merredin) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Suzann Franklin (Clinical Nurse, Eastern Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health), Mr Michael Hayden (Department of Environment and Conservation) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Beth Gearing (Liaison Officer, Merrittville Retirement Village), Mrs Bree Hetherington (Occupational Therapist, Merredin Hospital), Mrs Jeanette Fegan (District Community Care Coordinator, Merredin Hospital), Councillor Julie Townrow (Shire Councillor) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Councillor Ken Hooper (Shire President, Shire of Merredin), Mr Frank Ludovico (Chief Executive Officer, Shire of Merredin) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Elizabeth Marmion (Acting Operations Manager, Eastern Wheatbelt, WA Country Health Service, Merredin Hospital), Mr Cecil Stones (Health Service Manager, Merredin Hospital) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Wendy Jardine (Primary Health Manager, WACHS, Wheatbelt Population Health), Mrs Shelley Lombardini (Project Coordinator, Eastern Wheatbelt Early Years Network), Dr Gabriel Adeniyi (Medical Practitioner, Merredin Medical Clinic) on 07/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Lester Coyne (Manager, Aboriginal Health, Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service), Ms Sandra Crowe (Population Health Director, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Superintendent Dene Leekong (WA Police, Great Southern District Office), Mr Bryan Taylor (Palmerston-Great Southern Community Drug Service Team), Ms Marcelle Cannon (Manager, Mental Health, WA Country Health Service-Great Southern), Ms Melinda Misson (Team Manager, GS Mental Health Service, WACHS) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Melinda Misson (Team Manager, Great Southern Mental Health Service, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Ms Marcelle Cannon (Regional Manager, Great Southern Mental Health Service, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Ms Suzanne Millar (Regional Manager, Aged Care, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Ms Natalie Galantino (Service Coordinator, Silver Chain, Great Southern), Mr Andrew Markovs (Manager, Men’s Resource Centre) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Moray McSevich (District Director, Department for Child Protection, Great Southern), Mr Juan Clark (Manager, Community Health, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Ms Sandra Crowe (Population Health Director, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Bruce Manning (Chief Executive Office, Great Southern Development Commission), Mr Russell Pritchard (Great Southern Development Commission), Mr William Madigan (Executive Director, City of Albany) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Garry Adams (Acting Regional Director, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Ms Suzanne Seeley (Nurse Director, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Dr Jonathon Mulligan (Medical Director, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern), Mr Mark Robinson (Acting Operations Manager, Albany Hospital, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Peter King (Director, St John Ambulance Australia (WA) Inc), Mr Ashley Wilson (Regional Manager, St John Ambulance WA), Miss Stacey Abbott (Station Manager, St John Ambulance) on 11/09/2009
• Evidence by Miss Deborah Clark (Chairperson, Kalgoorlie Local Drug Action Group), Ms Rosemary Hunt (Executive Manager, Centrecare) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Sue Cristopoulos (Manager, Clinical Services, Bega Garnbirringu Health Service), Associate Professor Christine Jeffries-Stokes (Paediatrician, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital), Miss Karen Kujawski (Manager, Social Support Unit, Bega Garnbirringu Health Service) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Erin Bond (Allied Health Coordinator, WA Country Health Service, Goldfields, Population Health), Mr Anthony Chisholm (Acting Chief Executive Officer, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder), Mrs Sharon Lenton (Regional Aged Care Manager, Aged Care Unit), Ms Lisa O'Loughlin (Administration Officer, Eastern Goldfields Community Centre), Ms Sherryl Wolfenden (Regional Manager, MPS and Aged Care, WACHS-Goldfields) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Dr Charles Douglas (Public Health Physician, Goldfields Population Health), Dr Anne Mahony (Director, Population Health, WA Country Health Service, Goldfields), Mrs Karine Miller (Regional Coordinator, Community Nursing, WA Country Health Service, Goldfields) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Dr Peter Barratt (Medical Practitioner, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital), Mr David Bowdidge (Operations Manager, WA Country Health Service), Ms Karen De Bonde (Goldfields Regional Nurse Director, WA Country Health Service, Goldfields), Ms Lucy Murphy (Coordinator of Nursing, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital), Ms Geraldine Ennis (Regional Director, Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Anthony Chisholm (Acting Chief Executive Officer, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder), Mr Robert Hicks (Chief Executive Officer, Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission) on 14/09/2009
• Evidence by Professor Harvey Coates (Senior ENT Surgeon, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children) on 16/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Timothy Shackleton (Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Western Operations)) on 16/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Claire Heffernan (Manager, Community and Youth Justice, Department of Corrective Services), Mr Gregory Crofts (Police Officer, WA Police, Katanning), Mr Carl Beck (Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Manager of Community Services, Shire of Katanning) on 21/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Suzanne Millar (Manager Aged Care, WA Country Health Service, Great Southern) on 21/09/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Fiona Berger (Acting Director of Nursing—Health Service Manager, Katanning Health Service), Dr Nicolas du Preez (General Practitioner, Katanning Health Service) on 21/09/2009
• Evidence by Ms Lynette Davey (Psychologist), Mr Robert Douglas (Executive Manager, Community Development, Baptistcare) on 21/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Peter Mott (Chief Executive Officer, St John of God Hospital Murdoch) on 23/09/2009
• Evidence by Mrs Margaret Abernethy (Senior Policy Officer, Child and Adolescent Community Health), Mr Mark Morrissey (Executive Director, Child and Adolescent Community Health), Mr Philip Aylward (Executive Director, Child and Adolescent Health Service) on 23/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr Darryl Kickett (Former CEO and Spokesperson, Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia) on 23/09/2009
• Evidence by Mr David Smith (Deputy Director General, Department of the Premier and Cabinet) on 14/10/2009
• Evidence by Professor Mike Daube (Professor of Health Policy, Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology) on 14/10/2009
• Evidence by Dr Peter Flett (Director General, Department of Health) on 10/11/2009
• Evidence by Ms Carol Cheney (Principal Policy Officer, Department of Health), Mr Mark Miller (Manager, Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Health) on 11/11/2009
• Evidence by Ms Susan Ash (CEO, WA Council of Social Service) on 18/11/2009
• Evidence by Mr Timothy Marney (Under Treasurer, Department of Treasury and Finance) on 18/11/2009
• Evidence by Mr Kim Snowball (Acting Director General, Department of Health), Dr Robyn Lawrence (Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Department of Health), Ms Jodie South (Acting Director, Clinical Modelling and Infrastructure, Department of Health) on 16/02/2010