24 May 2011
Mornington MP, David Morris, has welcomed the announcement of a $25 million boost for the Peninsula Health’s Mornington Centre, to expand services for people recovering after a hospital stay, illness or injury.
Mr Morris said this was a great announcement for the local community. The funding will mean 30 additional sub-acute beds and a new community rehabilitation centre.
“This funding will not only benefit the Mornington community, but also the whole MorningtonPeninsula. With our ever growing population and changing demographic, this increase in services is certainly welcome” Mr Morris said.
Victorian Health Minister David Davis said the Victorian community will benefit from an extra $440 million in funding for public hospitals as a result of the successful COAG outcome negotiated in Canberra earlier this year.
“The funding under the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services will support the Victorian Government’s commitment to improved access to elective surgery, treatment in emergency departments and sub-acute care,” Mr Davis said.
The agreement will fund the treatment for an extra 32,000 Victorian patients this year. Funding of $89.4 million will also flow from the agreement to new capital projects across 13 health services (20 campuses) that will increase elective surgery and emergency department capacity and improve patient care.
These projects will see the opening of 106 new hospital beds, including at least 60 short stay beds, six intensive care and additional high dependency beds. Emergency department treatment will be streamlined with 20 emergency department cubicles built plus additional recovery bays, theatres, procedure rooms and day surgery capacity.
The Government has made a commitment to initiatives to reduce access blockages and free up capacity in hospital emergency departments, and to a more equitable approach to elective surgery for patients currently waiting for their surgery.
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