Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-11-10 Daily Xml

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Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:31): Supplementary: can the minister confirm whether extra staff are assigned to the Cassia Ward when there is an overflow of patients to that ward?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:31): I take the honourable member's point. I will take that on notice, but my presumption is that the placement of children with cancer as inpatients in the Cassia Ward means that children who would otherwise be admitted to that ward aren't. So my expectation would be that there wouldn't be any increase in total workload. There may well be a reallocation of staff because there may well be staff with specialist cancer skills who may be able to assist, but I will seek to have that clarified in the answer that I bring back for the honourable member.