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MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION 484

Physiotherapy Service - Weston Creek

Mr Stefaniak asked the Minister for Health - With regard to the

provision of physiotherapy for the aged in the Weston Creek area:

1. Will the ALP Government undertake to provide an accessible

physiotherapy service for the elderly in the Weston Creek

area. How will that be achieved.

2. What would be the cost and extent of availability of such

a service to the elderly as an adjunct to and using the

facilities of the physiotherapy service being provided for

school age children at the Child Health Care Centre at

Holder.

Mr Berry - The answer to Mr Stefaniaks question is:

1. Following a decision of the Alliance Government, Weston

Creek Health Centre closed in January 1991 and the

Physiotherapy Service transferee to Phillip Health Centre.

The Physiotherapist at Phillip Health Centre provides a physiotherapy service to the Woden/Weston area. Woden is accessible by the same buses that travel through Weston Creek and the distance between bus stop and Health Centre is roughly comparable in Woden and Weston.

Private transport is used by the majority of clients who attend Phillip Health Centre, as-was the case with Weston Creek Health Centre, but in some circumstances clients may need to use the special transport provided by Community Services.

Phillip Health Centre, having a larger range of services, is able to provide a more comprehensive community health service to its clients than Weston Creek could with its very limited range of services.

A recent survey has shown that of the clients who attend Physiotherapy at Phillip Health Centre, 52$ are on a pension or benefit and 57$ of those are on an aged pension. This is a higher proportion of aged than any other Canberra Health Centre Physiotherapy clients.

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