Mr WOOD - 2011-03-31
I hope the minister for Sport can give $100 000 to the Kamfari, the best off-road motorcycle race in the Top End.
During the December sittings, I asked if a purpose bed hospice is planned for Alice Springs. In your response you said Alice Springs will have a dedicated palliative care facility and you will ensure this happens in the next two years. Could you say how far advanced you are in ensuring this facility will be completed in two years?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the Alice Springs Hospital has two dedicated beds for palliative care. However, these beds can be used in an emergency for patients. We have made a submission to the Australian government for six dedicated palliative care beds and we are awaiting the outcome of the submission.
Despite the fact we have only two palliative care beds in Alice Springs, they are supported by the palliative care team from the Department of Health, with nurses and doctors visiting regularly from Darwin working together with local nurses and doctors. It is in our plan. We are working very closely with the Australian government to deliver those palliative care beds in Alice Springs and it will happen.
During the December sittings, I asked if a purpose bed hospice is planned for Alice Springs. In your response you said Alice Springs will have a dedicated palliative care facility and you will ensure this happens in the next two years. Could you say how far advanced you are in ensuring this facility will be completed in two years?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the Alice Springs Hospital has two dedicated beds for palliative care. However, these beds can be used in an emergency for patients. We have made a submission to the Australian government for six dedicated palliative care beds and we are awaiting the outcome of the submission.
Despite the fact we have only two palliative care beds in Alice Springs, they are supported by the palliative care team from the Department of Health, with nurses and doctors visiting regularly from Darwin working together with local nurses and doctors. It is in our plan. We are working very closely with the Australian government to deliver those palliative care beds in Alice Springs and it will happen.
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