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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 518

Hospice

Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Health:

(1) What were the relative costs of siting the hospice at Acton and at Calvary

utilising Building C.

(2) Are there any operational difficulties in siting the hospice at Acton rather than

adjacent to a hospital.

(3) What will these operational difficulties cost, both in capital and in recurrent

terms.

(4) Did the Board of Health notify the Minister of these difficulties.

(5) Which experts in the field of palliative care recommended the Acton site rather

than Calvary.

(6) How are the extra costs associated with the Acton site justified.

(7) When will the hospice be completed.

(8) Will the hospice house the expanded integrated Palliative Care Service that has

been promised.

Mr Berry - the answer to Mrs Carnells question is:

(1) Prior to the decision to site the hospice at Acton, cost estimates were prepared

for the Calvary Building C option by Richard Glenn and Associates. An

inspection of Building C confirmed that the brief for the hospice facility could not

be accommodated within the existing floor space for Residence C.

Two further options were costed: a) the construction of a new stand alone 15 bed hospice facility on a greenfields site at Calvary Hospital and;

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