Investor Presentaiton
COVID-19 post-operations
As the WA health system transitions to living with COVID-19, the
management and treatment of the disease is being integrated into the
system's business-as-usual processes. This includes the redeployment
and placement of the COVID-19 workforce following the scaling back of the
State Health Incident Coordination Centre and Public Health Operations.
During 2022-23, due to the impact of COVID-19, the system continued
to observe increased acuity and complexity of patients due to delayed or
deferred care and compounding waitlist pressures. To address capacity
constraints and alleviate demand in hospitals, more than 600 beds are
planned to be added to the health system. WA is also partnering with the
Commonwealth and other States and Territories to address the challenges
following on from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the 2023-24 budget $68.6 million was allocated for enduring changes to
clinical practice for the ongoing management of COVID-19. This funding will
support continued investment in infection prevention and control, infectious
disease treatment, use of personal protective equipment, and embedding
higher levels of cleaning and disinfection to minimise the risk of spreading
disease.
In addition to the above, $60.9 million over 2022-23 to 2024-25 will be
invested to fund residual COVID-19 response costs, including to cover
public health management and outbreak prevention activities. This includes
communicable disease control, immunisation, and disaster management
and response.
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