Aged-Care CCTV Trial

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:32): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing about the government's aged-care CCTV trial.

Leave granted.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: The minister has indicated that the government would invest a significant amount into the CCTV trial on top of the $500,000 promised by the federal government. Under the original trial proposal endorsed by the Premier and the minister, the then preferred provider Care Protect, a world leader in aged-care surveillance, the total cost of covering five facilities was to be $125,000 plus 12 months of monitoring, which would have amounted to around $20 a day per resident who signed on, and Care Protect would install its own equipment and at their cost. My questions to the minister—and I would be quite comfortable if the minister chose to take these on notice:

1. Can the minister provide the full costing of the trial which will now be in just two of the five initially promised sites?

2. What will be paid to Sturdie for their equipment?

3. Which company will be conducting the independent monitoring?

4. What will the cost be to monitor each patient?

5. How much is the government going to invest?

6. How much of the $500,000 in federal money has already been spent?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:34): I thank the honourable member for his questions and also for his recognition that those questions are, by nature, questions that I will need to take on notice. I would stress that the Care Protect that the honourable member mentioned was free to submit to the tender and didn't, so it's not actually possible to compare Care Protect's bid against Sturdie's bid because they didn't participate.

In terms of the evaluation, I certainly will take that on notice. My understanding is that the selection of the evaluation partner was still in progress the last time I was briefed, but I will certainly come back with an answer. As I have also indicated to the member, I am very happy to give him a personal briefing on the trial.