[no bill text published] Helipad Requirements for Public Hospitals with Emergency Departments
Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024
Opposition BillLegislative Assembly
Legislative Council
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Topics
emergency departments healthcare infrastructure helipads hospital construction public hospitals
Introduced by: Gareth Ward (LIB)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Greg Warren ALP
“I am delighted to return to my contribution to debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024. I was talking about how much Government members like Medicare and Opposition members do not. At the outset, I acknowledge the broader point of the importance of health funding and adequate resourcing, particularly for emergency departments.”
Justin Clancy LIB
“I welcome the opportunity to contribute to debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024. I thank my colleague in the House the member for Kiama for introducing this important bill, which seeks to ensure that the Government takes appropriate steps to place a helipad in public hospitals where there are emergency departments.”
Anna Watson ALP
“I oppose the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024, particularly in light of references that have been made about the new Shellharbour Hospital. Here we go again. We have ended up in the same place we always end up with the member for Kiama.”
Tina Ayyad LIB
“I contribute briefly to debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024, introduced by the member for Kiama. The bill proposes to add a new section to the Health Services Act 1997 that requires the Minister to ensure that any new public hospital with an emergency department has a helipad, and the same will apply to existing hospitals when a redevelopment is undertaken.”
“I oppose the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024, which obviously will come as no surprise to the member for Kiama. Committing to a helipad at every NSW Health site has a significant capital and operating cost to its budget.”
Kobi Shetty GRN
“I speak in debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024 and indicate that The Greens support local community calls for improved health infrastructure planning. I begin by acknowledging the genuine concern that has driven this bill forward.”
Karen McKeown ALP
“I speak in opposition to the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024. I express deep concern about not only the content of the bill but also the precedent it seeks to establish. Legislation should be a tool of last resort, and it should not be a substitute for consultation, evidence or planning.”
Sally Quinnell ALP
“I speak in debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024 to outline the reasons why I oppose the bill. Let me be clear on what the debate is about. It is easy to propose a concrete slab. When I was first elected as the member for Camden, I was a bit green. There were a few things I did not know about.”
Donna Davis ALP
“I contribute to debate on the Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024. The object of the bill is to require the Minister for Health to ensure that each public hospital with an emergency department has a helipad. The bill seeks to insert new section 132A, "Helipads required for public hospitals", into the Health Services Act 1997. New section 132A states:”
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Health Services Amendment (Hospital Helipads) Bill 2024
Mr GARETH WARD, Member for Kiama — 2024-11-22
I acknowledge that it is a highly specialised area of health operations that involves the inputs of both NSW Ambulance [NSWA] Helicopter Retrieval Services and Health Infrastructure. There is no established legislation in relation to the design, construction or placement of helicopter landing sites. The bill ensures hospitals that should have helipads do have helipads by amending section 132A of the Health Services Act 1997 No. 154, by inserting a new proposed section 132A before section 133: