Latest / 360 with Katie Woolf / Minister for Health Natasha Fyles on 360 with Katie Woolf

Transcript

Minister for Health Natasha Fyles on 360 with Katie Woolf · 360 with Katie Woolf

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line is the Health Minister
• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Natasha Files.
• 0:03
  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning Katie, Good morning listening.
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Now, Minister, why did we first find out about this
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: positive COVID case in the Northern Territory well via Queensland media.
• 0:14
  Speaker 2: Oh, Katie, that was nothing deliberate. We were alerted yesterday
• 0:18
  Speaker 2: morning that there was a confirmed positive case of COVID
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: in a return traveler. There was another member of the
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: Legend's Liberit Assembly that was speaking to the media and
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: so I waited till they finished before I held my
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: press conference. But the secure NT press release was as
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: soon as all the information was confirmed and brought together,
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: that was sent out. So there certainly wasn't anything deliberate there.
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: We were trying to get that information out as quickly
• 0:45
  Speaker 2: as possible to territory.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: I mean, were you a bit peeved though? Like the
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: reality of it is. I was reading an article out
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: on the Courier Mail of what the Queensland Chief Health
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: Officer was saying about Darwin and the Northern Territory being
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: implicated well before that press release came out from SECURINGT
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: So Katie.
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: In releasing the information, we wanted to make sure we
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: had everything to reassure territories that there was very minimal
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: risks to our community. So we needed to confirm the
• 1:10
  Speaker 2: number of as close in casual contacts and so we
• 1:14
  Speaker 2: were certainly getting all of that information and as I
• 1:16
  Speaker 2: just explained, it wasn't anything deliberate. The timing was the
• 1:20
  Speaker 2: statement was sent out on the website, that statement should
• 1:24
  Speaker 2: have gone out, and then not long after that I
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: spoke to media. So we certainly wanted territories to have
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: that information and as much as possible to reassure them.
• 1:33
  Speaker 2: We've had no community transmission in the territory and people
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: here of cases and Katie I get this, so it
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: feels like day in, day out, week in, week out,
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: of is there a case that we're going into lockdown
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: based on rumors that we wanted to have as much
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: information to reassure the community because it is concerning to
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: know that someone has tested positive and they were on
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: a flight, but we believe there's very minimal risk to
• 1:54
  Speaker 2: the community as that individual our system works. They went
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: straight from dal On International Airport to the Howard Springs
• 1:59
  Speaker 2: facility on.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: Correct me if I'm wrong, though, did that flight arrive
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: on Friday night?
• 2:05
  Speaker 2: So the flight arrived on Friday night Saturday morning, Katie,
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: is my understanding early hours of the morning, the gentleman
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: went straight from down International Airport across to the Howard
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: Springs facility and then within the first twenty four hours
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: a test is taken. That test was processed through the
• 2:21
  Speaker 2: lab and as soon as we had a confirmed positive
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: case yesterday morning, we put that information out to the community.
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: When were those close contacts notified? Though, And the concern
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: that's been raised with us obviously on the show yesterday
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: is it some are worried that those close contacts within
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: out in the community.
• 2:40
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, the way the virus works and the way
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: our system works is if we have a positive case
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: and we need to make sure it's a genuine positive case,
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: we do get cases where it's not a genuine case.
• 2:52
  Speaker 2: So once it's confirmed that there's a positive case, CDC
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: then work with the individual to identify who would have
• 2:58
  Speaker 2: been in close and casual contact. So everyone on that
• 3:01
  Speaker 2: plane should have had a mask on. The individual had
• 3:03
  Speaker 2: a mask on, but they got the manifestof Jetstar and
• 3:07
  Speaker 2: identified the people in the roads surrounding them, so there's
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: very minimal risk. But this is the system working, so
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: the person had gone straight to Howard Springs. We have
• 3:16
  Speaker 2: seen very minimal transmission of the virus on aircraft, and
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: as I said, we also have people wearing masks in
• 3:23
  Speaker 2: those facilities, So I can absolutely understand the concern of
• 3:26
  Speaker 2: people that may have come in contact. It's quite a
• 3:28
  Speaker 2: scary thought that you know you've perhaps crossed paths with someone.
• 3:32
  Speaker 2: But the system has worked in this case.
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: So right now, obviously there were those twenty people seated
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: around him on that flight and four airport stuff. They've
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: all been contacted and are in quarantine. Now when are
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: you anticipating the results from both them and also those
• 3:47
  Speaker 1: casual contacts.
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: And to come back to the point, so Rikati, that
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: you were just asking me this individual in terms of
• 3:55
  Speaker 2: being infectious, he had that mask on. It has to
• 3:57
  Speaker 2: be a period of time to see whether he's trained
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: admitted that to other people. So the close contacts and
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: the casual contacts I understand will be tested today. We
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: needed to wait seventy two hours to see if there
• 4:09
  Speaker 2: was any transmission. We don't want to test people yesterday
• 4:12
  Speaker 2: say nope, everyone's all clear in this situation, and then
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: it was too early for that testing to take place.
• 4:18
  Speaker 2: So the seventy two hour periods from exposure will ensure
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: we get accurate test results and some individuals will need
• 4:25
  Speaker 2: to remain in isolation till the negative tests. Others will
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: need to remain in contact, in isolation, sorry, in quarantine
• 4:32
  Speaker 2: for the fourteen days. But our health teams and so are.
• 4:34
  Speaker 1: You confident You're confident at this point in time, did
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: all of those casual contacts, all of those close contacts
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: you're confident that they will return negative results?
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, I mean, I can't preempt that. The advice
• 4:46
  Speaker 2: I've got is that everyone was wearing masks. The risk
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: of transmission is very, very low, but we're working through that.
• 4:53
  Speaker 2: And the other work that's continuing, Katie, is the contact
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: tracing work. So we've identified those close contacts based off
• 4:59
  Speaker 2: the flight and some interactions at the airport and casual contacts.
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: And as we've seen in this COVID in contact tracing
• 5:06
  Speaker 2: space across Australia and the world, there is a chance
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: that you know, the close contacts could be more or
• 5:11
  Speaker 2: could be less. They're reviewing CCTV footage, they're working through
• 5:15
  Speaker 2: those details. So we have identified everyone on that slide
• 5:19
  Speaker 2: as a casual contact and the people seated around him
• 5:22
  Speaker 2: as close contacts, and that work has continued over the
• 5:25
  Speaker 2: last twenty four hours.
• 5:27
  Speaker 1: All right, now, we do know that the Maderna vaccine
• 5:29
  Speaker 1: is set to roll out into the Northern Territory. What
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: age group is it going to be available to?
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, Maderna will be available for everyone age twelve
• 5:38
  Speaker 2: and above in the territory.
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: Okay, so everyone over the age of twelve. I've just
• 5:41
  Speaker 1: had a message come through from Mark. He was in
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: Howard Springs and was wondering if you could if I
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: could ask why the vaccines are not being administered out
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: there at Howard Springs as well. Would that be a
• 5:51
  Speaker 1: good way to get people vaccinated.
• 5:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm certainly happy to ask Kelse if it's possible.
• 5:56
  Speaker 2: I think that some of the information provided to date
• 5:59
  Speaker 2: has been if people are in a quarantine facility, there's
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: a potential that they could get the illness, or they
• 6:04
  Speaker 2: could be infected with the illness, and we don't want
• 6:06
  Speaker 2: to give them the vaccine potentially and then have them
• 6:10
  Speaker 2: become unwell. That's when I've asked that question before. But
• 6:12
  Speaker 2: I'm more than happy as people conclude their fourteen days
• 6:15
  Speaker 2: if it makes it easier for them, would it be
• 6:17
  Speaker 2: clinically faced to provide them with the vaccine? You know,
• 6:20
  Speaker 2: That's what the whole point of rolling this out in
• 6:21
  Speaker 2: the philacies is is to make it easier for people
• 6:24
  Speaker 2: to access the vaccine as easy as possible, because it's
• 6:26
  Speaker 2: our best tool in fighting COVID nineteen.
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: Now we know as well that the vaccine passport is
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: going to be something which is going to be critical
• 6:35
  Speaker 1: I think in terms of us reaching that eighty percent.
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: But how exactly are they going to work? I mean,
• 6:40
  Speaker 1: this is a big point of contention at the moment
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: that a lot of businesses and a lot of regular
• 6:45
  Speaker 1: Territorians are wondering about.
• 6:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, o Kadian. It's pushing through to the next phase
• 6:51
  Speaker 2: of the virus and trying to get life back to
• 6:52
  Speaker 2: normal as quickly as possible, and the Chief Minister outlines
• 6:56
  Speaker 2: our plan last week and there's certainly plenty of questions
• 6:59
  Speaker 2: around it. The way we see the vaccine passport working is
• 7:02
  Speaker 2: similar to the check in app. When people attend a venue,
• 7:06
  Speaker 2: it will link through and it'll show their vaccine status
• 7:09
  Speaker 2: on a screen. So it'll either be I think the
• 7:12
  Speaker 2: talk is a purple screen if you're vaccinated, and so
• 7:14
  Speaker 2: people can easily present that and it's based in an
• 7:17
  Speaker 2: app so that the information is always up to date.
• 7:20
  Speaker 2: And so we need to start to think about COVID
• 7:22
  Speaker 2: just as we think about no smoking, or we think
• 7:24
  Speaker 2: about fire safety or troop hazards and water on floors.
• 7:28
  Speaker 2: Coronavirus will be an ever present threat in our community,
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: and what steps do we take to keep our community
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: safe when we're out and about.
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: Minister A few messages coming through another one here, Katie,
• 7:39
  Speaker 1: are you able to ask are those twenty four close
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: contacts all in quarantine at Howard Springs now or are
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: they in their homes?
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, my understanding is that they were all either
• 7:49
  Speaker 2: in Howard Springs or heading to Howard Springs. They were
• 7:51
  Speaker 2: working through logistics yesterday to get people to the facility.
• 7:54
  Speaker 1: Do they have to pay for themselves if they're in
• 7:56
  Speaker 1: a situation like that where they've been an unforcedure situation
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: where they've sat next to or sat near someone that
• 8:02
  Speaker 1: has COVID.
• 8:04
  Speaker 2: Katie, minunderstanding off previous situations like this is no, they
• 8:08
  Speaker 2: don't have to pay that fee to go into the
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: quarantine facility because they're doing their part to keep our
• 8:13
  Speaker 2: community safe, and that's part of our skilled management structure.
• 8:17
  Speaker 2: Is that quarantine if we know that there've been a
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: close contact of a positive case.
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: Okay, I want to move forward and talk a little
• 8:22
  Speaker 1: bit more about our health system. We know that there's
• 8:25
  Speaker 1: been massive concern over recent weeks. We've been contacted on
• 8:28
  Speaker 1: the weekend from listeners saying that a loved one had
• 8:32
  Speaker 1: been sent home still unwell and quite seriously unwell detail
• 8:36
  Speaker 1: which I won't go into on air, but very unwell
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: and sent home from the emergency department because there were
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: no beds now waiting to try and get in to
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: theater for a procedure. Are we back in a code
• 8:51
  Speaker 1: yellow situation at the moment or is this just normal
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: stuff at our hospital at the moment.
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, I can't speak to that case because I
• 9:00
  Speaker 2: don't know all the facts. But what I can reassure
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: territories is our doctors, our nurses, our hospital stuff make
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: clinical decisions with a lot of expertise and evidence each
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: and every day. So I can't speak to the specifics
• 9:12
  Speaker 2: of that case. I do remind people, and I was
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: mentioning this on Friday, kat If you are at the
• 9:18
  Speaker 2: hospital and you don't believe you're receiving the care that
• 9:21
  Speaker 2: you should be, you can ask to speak to the
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: patient advocate and they will help you. Talk to the
• 9:25
  Speaker 2: clinicians and everyone understand the situation at hand. Equally, if
• 9:29
  Speaker 2: someone has less the facility and they feel their condition
• 9:32
  Speaker 2: has deteriorated, go back to ED or go to your GP.
• 9:35
  Speaker 2: But in terms of the hospital, we recognize that there's
• 9:38
  Speaker 2: been pressures on wheyds are in hospital and we're taking
• 9:40
  Speaker 2: action to ease that.
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: But so not back in a code yellow at this
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: point in time.
• 9:45
  Speaker 2: So, Ktie, what a code yellow is it? And identify?
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: So we've spoken about that before, But are we back
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: in a code yellow at this point in time?
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: No, Katie, I've already answered that for you just a
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: couple of minutes ago.
• 9:55
  Speaker 1: No, okay, So we are obviously still under some pretty
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: extreme though inside our emergency department if we've got patients
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: being turned away or send home because there's not access
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: for them into a ward or they're not able to
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: get into the theater for a procedure. I know that
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: you've spoken about over well the last couple of days,
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: and you're on the show obviously on Friday talking about
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: those additional aged care beds, But how quickly are we
• 10:21
  Speaker 1: looking like having something like that actually open up and
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: these beds become accessible, Katie.
• 10:27
  Speaker 2: I just need to point something out. I haven't been
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: advised that there's capacity issues at the hospital. We know
• 10:32
  Speaker 2: it's an extremely busy hospital where if people need urgent
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: medical care they should either cultural zero or contact their GP.
• 10:38
  Speaker 2: In terms of the hospital, our staff manage the facility
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: we've got and the bed numbers. In terms of the
• 10:44
  Speaker 2: age care, we know that on average there's about fifty
• 10:47
  Speaker 2: patients in our hospital Palmerston and Rozalen Hospital system that
• 10:51
  Speaker 2: require an age care beds. So the commonwealths have responsibility
• 10:55
  Speaker 2: for this, but we've seen over many years where they
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: allocate provisional beds but the providers don't end up building
• 11:00
  Speaker 2: those beds and bringing them online. So the Northern Territory
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: government has fitted and been successful in being provisionally awarded
• 11:07
  Speaker 2: sixty beds and this will also include a dementia ward.
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: So we're very committed to working with the Commonwealth to
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: provide appropriate age care for territory, but also is that
• 11:16
  Speaker 2: burden on our hospital system and will work as quickly
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: as we can to deliver that.
• 11:20
  Speaker 1: So where are they going to be located?
• 11:23
  Speaker 2: The kd that is underway in terms of consultation, investigation
• 11:27
  Speaker 2: on what would be the best location, what would be
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: the best model of delivery for that, and will continue
• 11:33
  Speaker 2: to update the community as we make decisions. But we
• 11:36
  Speaker 2: got this sixty beds funded about four weeks ago.
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: But so four weeks ago sixty beds, I mean, realistically,
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: how soon are they going to become operational?
• 11:45
  Speaker 2: The kd dout is an important point. I think realistically
• 11:48
  Speaker 2: it will take a couple of years. But I want
• 11:50
  Speaker 2: to assure the community we're working in earnest We're also
• 11:52
  Speaker 2: working in the mental health space. And that latest round
• 11:55
  Speaker 2: of age care approvals from the Commonwealth also saw funding
• 11:59
  Speaker 2: to some existing age care providers for infrastructure. So there
• 12:02
  Speaker 2: is action in this space from both levels of government.
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: But so still a couple of years away. I mean
• 12:07
  Speaker 1: that is a long time for what for those families
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: that are waiting for a space, for an age care
• 12:14
  Speaker 1: space for a loved one, what do we do in
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: the meantime?
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: To Katie, as I just explained, this is something that
• 12:22
  Speaker 2: the process is that people bid on those beds. We've
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: seen plenty of allocation of beds over the years, but
• 12:27
  Speaker 2: we're not seeing those beds that are provisionally funded coming
• 12:30
  Speaker 2: through to being built. So the government has taken this
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: matter into our hands and we're working as efficiently as
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: we can off the back of being funded for those
• 12:37
  Speaker 2: sixty beds.
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: And so again I'll ask what do we do in
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: the meantime?
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, this is an issue that has been around
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: for a very long time. We do have age care providers.
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: We're looking at working with them. It's quite a complex
• 12:49
  Speaker 2: space in terms of age care provision, and we're looking
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: at what leaders we can pull in the meantime, even
• 12:55
  Speaker 2: if it's four or six beds here or there, that
• 12:57
  Speaker 2: will make a difference on our hospital system.
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: Now, what about the mental health capacity at the moment?
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: I know it was confirmed last week that part of
• 13:05
  Speaker 1: the surgical ward I believe it was, or one of
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: the wards at Royal Dale Hospital was being used for
• 13:11
  Speaker 1: those mental health patients that flow on. How far off
• 13:14
  Speaker 1: are we from those additional mental health beds coming online?
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: So, Katie, there's a number of things that we're doing
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: in that space. We're reshaping within the emergency department to
• 13:24
  Speaker 2: have better diagnosis space, so have rooms in that rather
• 13:27
  Speaker 2: than the cubicles. We're looking at short term beds, so
• 13:30
  Speaker 2: in the next three or so months, can we bring
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: some existing infrastructure online. We're also looking at in terms
• 13:37
  Speaker 2: of the existing county and JIU wards, can we fit
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: more beds in there whilst we build those eighteen beds.
• 13:43
  Speaker 2: Acknowledging that it takes time to build, particularly mental health infrastructure.
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: That is very specific. What can we do in the
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: short term because we as you've just highlighted, people are
• 13:53
  Speaker 2: getting beds, but they're in wards within the main tarer
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: of the hospital, which.
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: I would imagine is not ideal when you talk about
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: the treatment of the those patients.
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: Oh, correct, Katie. It's not wonderful for anyone. But our
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: staff are working and this is why it's so important
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: that we do clinical planning, that we do infrastructure planning.
• 14:11
  Speaker 2: But there is a lot happening in the space that
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: will ease the pressures on particularly the top end hospital beagecare.
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: We see one or two age care patients within our
• 14:20
  Speaker 2: regional hospitals and Alice Springs, but there's a significant number
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: in Rozalen and again same with the mental health. We're also, Katie,
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: in the mental health space, hospital is not a great
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: place for people, so that corresponder model is really important.
• 14:31
  Speaker 2: And also cybercute beds working with our community providers, and
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: we have funded eight additional beds recently to try and
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: keep people in a supported situation but not an acute setting.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: All right, So just taking a very quick look back
• 14:43
  Speaker 1: at with those sixty beds that have been provided provisional
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: funding for age Care, there's still a couple of years
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: off in reality with those mental health beds, the ones
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: not know not within the next few months, some capacity
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: in different places to fit people in. But with the
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: ones that you are working on that are going to
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: be long term you know, beds or placements in mental
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: health care, how far off are we from those being
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: complete and operational.
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: So Katie, this funding's just come through, and as I
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: said previously, we'll update the community as we have specific
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: time frames. And I hate to cut you off, but
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: I do have to get into Parliament, so the bells
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: that we've certainly got to get in there in the
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: next minute or.
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: Okay, I just want to ask you then very quickly,
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: we got a text yesterday from Woody his forty six
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: year old wife had a stroke on Saturday afternoon. Luckily
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: she is okay. She couldn't get a CareFlight chopper for
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: unknown reasons. She's out at Dundee. He was forced to
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: carry her in the car and transport her by ambulance.
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: The issue that they've got out there is phone reception.
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: It's intermittent at the time and due to overloading the
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: tower once they left the driveway, they've got no opportunity
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: then to get in contact with anybody. What are we
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: doing out at Dundee for these people, for these residents
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: to make sure that we do not have situations like this?
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: So Katie, I don't know all the details of that
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: in terms of communications, where we certainly need to can
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: we look at upgrading those to make sure people have
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: got it? But the PHN, the primary Health Network, is
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: working closely with the Progress Association. It's trying to work
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: out is it an emergency type care or is it
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: GP primary healthcare. But there certainly has been working that
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: The Progress Association out there at Dundee was successful in
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: gaining a workforce Development grant to engage a consultant so
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: we can scope the health needs of that growing community.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: So I look forward to working with the community around
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: this into the future and the PHN.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: All right, I know we've run out of time. We
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: will leave it there. I was going to ask you
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: about Parliament, but we've run out of time. Thank you
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: very much for your time this morning, Minister.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: Thank you