Thursday, 10 February 2022

Northern Victoria Region

Ms LOVELL (Northern Victoria) (12:42): (1618) My question is for the Minister for Health. Now that the management of Mildura Base Public Hospital has been returned to the state government it is imperative that the government invest in the redevelopment of the hospital, starting with the completion of a detailed clinical services plan. In an article published on 3 July 2021 in the Sunraysia Daily a Department of Health spokeswoman said that the clinical services plan was expected to be completed by the end of that year. On 8 September 2021 in a response to a question the minister indicated that the clinical services plan would be released in the very near future. The 2021 end-of-year deadline has passed, and we are now well into 2022. Any further delay in delivering the clinical services plan can only be viewed as a stalling tactic by the government, as this plan is necessary to start the planning for the redevelopment of the hospital. When will the minister release the completed clinical services plan for the Mildura Base Public Hospital?