The EXAMINER – BY LUCY POSKITT HEALTH REPORTER
07 Apr, 2011 12:00 AM
ESKLEIGH disability home at Perth filled one of three vacant beds yesterday afternoon, after a review of its financial situation at a board meeting on Tuesday night.
Foundation chairwoman Diane Porteous said the home had accepted $261,000 in additional funding from the state government, which had enabled it to open one more bed, and hoped to meet Human Services Minister Cassy O'Connor to discuss future funding arrangements.
"Eskleigh has agreed to accept the offer to provide additional funding for the current financial year and to open one bed immediately," she said .... click here to read the whole story
Foundation chairwoman Diane Porteous said the home had accepted $261,000 in additional funding from the state government, which had enabled it to open one more bed, and hoped to meet Human Services Minister Cassy O'Connor to discuss future funding arrangements.
"Eskleigh has agreed to accept the offer to provide additional funding for the current financial year and to open one bed immediately," she said .... click here to read the whole story
THE BATTLE GOES ON!
3 comments:
I wonder if Cassy O'Connor's economics teacher is still around. If she/he was then maybe we could put out a call for their assistance in curing her incorrigible recalcitrance along with teaching her that something about 'economics' that she failed to absorb before.
What happens about the other two beds? Then what happens if there are still more people out there needing this kind of support? Do you care Cassy?
How does Eskleigh manage to re-open one of the 3 beds in spite of not receiving the $123,000 it needs from the State Government to do so ?
Let me tell you.
Eskleigh can do this because it is now refusing to go ahead with the agreement with its staff for a long-overdue pay increase.
So the Government reneges on an agreement to fund Eskleigh and this leads to the Eskleigh management reneging on an agreement to increase staff wages (which is part of the budget shortfall).
So, the hard working and underpaid suffer and take the pain, not just the 2 other patients in the LGH that can't get a bed, not just the sufferers in the community that can't be admitted to the LGH for scheduled surgery because of bed block.
A very sad, sad affair indeed, that really has nothing to do with money because it is cheaper to fund Eskleigh than the LGH.
Its all to do with bureaucratic "silo" mentality and political positionining.
Time to get rid of the bureaucrats whose wages are soaking up the budget.
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