Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Beaufort and Skipton Health Service Foundation

Joe McCRACKEN (Western Victoria) (16:23): I rise to pay tribute to the Beaufort and Skipton Health Service Foundation. I met with the foundation board last Thursday night at Waubra. They had a dinner there, which was fantastic, with me and a number of other invited guests. We talked about the vision of the board, and we talked about their capacity to contribute to make an awesome health service even better. I certainly want to pay tribute to the Beaufort and Skipton Health Service as well, who do amazing work supporting the community. I personally have family members that have used this service and found it second to none. I know that the foundation has contributed significant amounts of money in recent years – in the last 12 months, $30,000 towards the establishment of a new wheelchair program, which has helped a lot of people with accessibility issues to use hospital services a lot more easily. That would not be available unless the health foundation had made the effort to do that. They have fundraised, they have flipped sausages and they did a lot of different community work to make sure that that has happened, and the benefit is clear for the community to see. So thanks very much to the Beaufort and Skipton Health Service Foundation, and many more years of support will be greatly appreciated.