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3949 - PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL PATHOLOGY UNIT

Hoenig, Ron to the Minister for Health

  1. Will the Minister confirm whether the pathology service at the Prince of Wales Hospital has been placed in a separate unit discrete from the Hospital's general operations?

    1. If so why?

  2. Which other New South Wales public hospitals have had, or will have, their pathology services placed in a separate unit discrete from the general operations of the hospital in question?

  3. Does the Government have any plans to privatise pathology units, including at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick?

    1. If so, have buyer⁄buyers for the pathology services at New South Wales public hospitals been identified?
Answer -

NSW Health Pathology provides public pathology services to the Randwick campus. This includes the public hospitals (Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Children's Hospital and Royal Hospital for Women) and the Prince of Wales Private Hospital. There has been no change to the physical location of public pathology services at the Randwick campus. The pathology laboratory and collection centres remain on the hospital campus and play an integral role the hospital's operations and the provision of quality care for patients.

Public pathology laboratories, and most NSW Health pathology collection services, are located on public hospital campuses in the local health districts they serve.

Question asked on 13 September 2016 (session 56-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 85
Answer received on 18 October 2016 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 94

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