Page 3297 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 18 September 1990
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Ms Follett: No, he did not.
MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, he did. Then he asked me about consultation, and I am answering that part of the question as well.
Mr Berry: The question I asked was: what assessment of the needs in the Weston Creek area and what consultation with the community were conducted before the decision was taken to close, reduce and relocate services delivered from the Weston Creek Health Centre? That was the question I asked.
MR HUMPHRIES: I am very happy to repeat the parts of the answer that deal with Mr Berry's question. I have discussed the move with parents and staff, and we believe that this particular option is the most appropriate option. Positive discussions were held last week with the staff at the centre, and consultations are continuing - - -
Mr Berry: We are talking about the Weston Creek area - the health centre.
MR HUMPHRIES: I am talking about Weston Creek as well, Mr Berry. I am talking about the Weston Creek Health Centre. If I can complete my answer, it is perfectly to the point of Mr Berry's question. If Mr Berry does not like it, I suggest that he ask a different question.
Mr Duby: If he does not like the answer, he should not ask the question.
MR HUMPHRIES: Indeed, Mr Duby. Positive discussions were held with the staff at the Weston Creek Health Centre and consultations are continuing for arrangements to relocate other tenants to appropriate locations best suited to their needs. We have also been in consultation with the Weston Creek Community Association, one of the organisations representing the community in the Weston Creek area, and with the people who are serviced by that association. The staff at that centre, as I have indicated, will be located to places where their services can continue to be offered quite functionally and quite well to the people of Weston Creek.
MR BERRY: I have a supplementary question. I come back to: what assessment of the needs in the Weston Creek area was conducted?
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Berry has asked these questions in the same fashion before, and the answer is much the same. The needs that I have referred to are the needs that I have just described, the needs for things such as a community nursing team, the need for the Weston Creek Community Association, the need for physiotherapists and social workers and psychiatrists and dental services and general practitioner services. These are all the services to which
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