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Joint Release

The Hon Nicola Roxon MP
Minister for Health and Ageing

The Hon Gary Gray AO MP
Special Minister for State

Melissa Parke MP
Member for Fremantle

16 March 2011

The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, today inspected work on the construction of Western Australia’s new State Rehabilitation Centre at Murdoch alongside Member for Fremantle, Melissa Parke MP.

“The new Rehabilitation Centre will give patients and their families access to world class rehabilitation services and is part of the Gillard Government’s commitment to providing more beds and better services locally,” said Minister Roxon.

“The Commonwealth Government has invested $255.7 million for the new 140-bed centre which will provide specialist high level services for patients including those with serious injuries including: acquired brain injury, spinal, trauma and complex pain as well as neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease.

“The Centre is being constructed on the campus of the new Fiona Stanley Hospital and with the State Government’s commitment to the acute hospital is a good example of Commonwealth and State Governments working together to deliver better services to patients.”

The Fiona Stanley Hospital and State Rehabilitation Centre are both due to be completed in December 2013, opening to patients in May 2014.

Ms Roxon also commented on the recent COAG agreement reached between the Commonwealth Government and all States and Territories and said that considerable Commonwealth investment was ready to flow into health services in Western Australia now that the State had signed up to national health reform.

“The Reform agreement will deliver more money, more beds and better health services for the people of Western Australia”, said Minister Roxon.

“Minister Hames and I continue to discuss how the COAG agreement can benefit patients and families in Western Australia, including discussions today.

“The Commonwealth is ready to pump $351million into direct services over the next four years, which will mean faster emergency department services, more elective surgery and more sub acute beds.”

This investment includes:

• $79.3m for Emergency Department capital and funding to help WA reach the 4-hour target for Emergency Departments that WA has been working towards
• $84.2m for Elective Surgery capital and recurrent funding
• $166.4 for sub-acute capital and recurrent funding for 135 sub-acute beds
• $21.7m for flexible capital for sub-acute, elective or Emergency Departments

WA will also benefit from approximately $1.8 billion in growth funding from 2014-15 and 2019-20.

Special Minister for State and Member for Brand, Gary Gray emphasised the local benefits West Australians can look forward to from national health reform.

“The West Australian Government’s decision to sign onto national health reform now means the Gillard Government can start to deliver even more health reform benefits to WA,” Minister Gray said.

“Whether it be more GPs or specialists, or more funding for hospitals, it is clear the Gillard Government is helping to build a modern health system that will provide better health care for West Australians,” Ms Parke said.


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