Answers to Questions

Women's and Children's Hospital

In reply to the Hon. C. BONAROS (18 June 2020).

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I can advise:

1. Yes. There have been two business cases submitted to the Women's and Children's Hospital since the 2018 state election, and additional medical staff have been employed.

2. The project currently has $607,000 allocated for dedicated clinical staff time to provide focused leadership during the planning phase. It is not standard practice to do this at this stage of the project.

The current project team is made up of 28.9 FTE of which 9.4 FTE are clinically qualified who will contribute to the clinical engagement process.

3. Along with Women's and Children's Health Network executive, I am committed to clinical engagement to inform both the new hospital project and the ongoing operation of the hospital.