Tarneit electorate
Ms CONNOLLY (Tarneit) (14:45): (6537) My question is for the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services. Just two weeks ago the Premier announced a fantastic initiative to train more nurses to support the expansion of Victoria’s health system. We know there has been some immense pressure on our healthcare workers lately and that our hospitals have been struggling. There is no doubt about that. But over the past couple of years our government has been getting on and delivering the health infrastructure that is needed to meet the health demands of our growing community. In Melbourne’s west we have built and opened the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital, we are upgrading Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department, and to top it off we are building new hospitals in Footscray and Melton and a community hospital in Point Cook. But all of this infrastructure is meaningless without the staff needed to run it, so my question for the minister is this: how will this announcement benefit my community in Melbourne’s west, who rely on our local health system?