Getting Results - Health
As the local State Member of Parliament, Ann Barker helps make sure the Oakleigh electorate gets its fair share of funding and resources from the Brumby Government. Including:
- more nurses in Southern and Bayside health regions
- opened a new ambulance station in Carnegie
- extra $10.4 million to reduce delays in local emergency departments and improve patient support
- improved ambulance response times for emergency calls in Glen Eira and Monash
- funding for self-help groups in Huntingdale, Oakleigh, Clayton and Caulfield
- range of drug programs in the east and south east
- $1 million to establish the Institute of Public Health at Monash University and Monash Medical Centre
- grant for biomedicine research at Monash University
- increased funds for eight local health services
- new funding for mental health services in Glen Huntly, Ormond, Carnegie and Murrumbeena
- Primary Care Partnerships in Glen Eira and Monash
- crack down on cigarette sales to minors in Glen Eira and Monash
- Bayside Health funding increased by 59.7% from 1999 to 2005-06
- Southern Health funding increased by 80.0% from 1999 to 2005-06
- long term funding program to enable hospitals to purchase the latest equipment
- $60 million for a purpose built centre for elective surgery at the Alfred Hospital
- Health for Kids in the South East project targeting asthma and other common childhood illnesses
- $30 million to decrease elective surgery waiting lists
- $6.8 million to upgrade radiation therapy services at the Alfred Hospital
- $500,000 to develop Australia's first dedicated Paediatric Lung Transplantation Program at the Alfred Hospital
- $2.1 million for state-of-the art radiology suite at the Alfred Hospital's Emergency and Trauma Centre
- $23.5 million (2006/07) for Stage 1 of redevelopment of Caulfield General Medical Centre
- $28 million (2007/08) for Stage 2 of redevelopment of Caulfield General Medical Centre
- $61.5 million for The Alfred Centre new elective surgery facility
Monash Medical Centre
- $10 million to expand and improve the Emergency Department
- new Day Treatment Centre
- extra 30 beds as part of the winter emergency demand strategy
- improved neonatal facilities
- introduced new anaesthetic equipment
- extra funds for cleaning and random cleanliness audits
- 6 new operating theatre tables
- 3 extra infection control nurses and better infection control procedures
- opened a children's sleep disorders unit
- 8 new beds and 5 recliner chairs for day treatment
- post-graduate training scholarships for nurses
- construction of an ambulatory care centre to reduce costly inpatient admissions
- funding for low cost filmless emergency department imaging
- program to fast-track cardiac surgery
- new equipment to treat acute respiratory failure
- $346,000 to establish a new ward specialising in treatment of asthma and other respiratory illnesses
- funding to participate in new services to assist new mothers with mental health issues and post-natal depression
- $3 million upgrade at Moorabbin campus for same-day elective surgery, expanded high dependancy unit facilities and improved operating theatres
- $19 million to expand radiotherapy facilities at Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin
- funding to participate in new $3 million research centre to reduce hospital acquired infections
- $1.8 million for dialysis patient unit at Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin
- Medihotel funding - supervised overnight accommodation for patients who don't need a hospital bed
- $4.2 million for 4 paediatric intensive care beds
- $3 million for new operating theatre and to increase capacity of High Dependency Unit, Moorabbin Elective Surgery Service
MonashLink Community Health Service
- restored elected community representation
- membership up from 40 to 600
- funding to address critical refurbishment and information technology needs at the Hughesdale site
- new funding for Home and Community Care Program
- improved accounting and reporting systems
- funding for staff training, health promotion and counselling
- more funding for community dental services
- school dental service for 1400 extra students in the local area
- installed a computer terminal providing free access to health information over the internet
- $50,050 to expand allied health activities
- $50,000 to expand physiotherapy, podiatry and occupational therapy services
- $100,000 minor capital works funding for communication systems
- $767,000 funding boost for chronic disease management and treatment services
