Southern Metropolitan Region
David DAVIS (Southern Metropolitan) (13:12): (1017) My constituency question is also for the Minister for Health, and it concerns the deteriorating position at Eastern Health and Monash Health. We have seen massive explosions in the waiting lists at Box Hill Hospital and Monash, Clayton. The government has been secretive about this – very secretive about this – and Ms Crozier has been trying to get information. What I am asking the government to do is release the statements of priorities for Eastern Health, Alfred Health and Monash Health in my area. These are the hospitals that serve my electorate, and the minister should immediately release these statements of priorities, which lay out the funding and the requirements in terms of outputs by the health services. The fact that the government has not released these is shameful. It is a cover-up, and I think people are entitled to know the truth. What cuts have been delivered to our health services? Let us see the size of those cuts and what the impact will be on the vulnerable.