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AMA WA ACTION AGENDA

COVID-19

Commonwealth quarantine facility

WHAT WE WANT

A gold-standard quarantine facility in WA.

WHY WE WANT IT

It is abundantly clear that WA’s current quarantining arrangements are inadequate and unacceptable. Breaches have happened across Australia, resulting in preventable community transmission.

Gold-standard quarantining is even more important now as Australia battles the Delta variant, with current outbreaks gripping New South Wales and Victoria, emanating from a single case of community transmission in Sydney.

The proposed quarantine facility should meet contemporary, best-practice standards, based on the Howard Springs Centre of National Resilience model with some modifications, including:

  • Clear, stringent protocols for transferring people
  • Full airborne personal protective equipment (PPE) provided to all staff
  • All staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

The WA Government should not allow any potential secondary use of the facility to impact, dictate or compromise the design and build of the facility as a dedicated COVID quarantine facility.

WHEN IT’S DONE

Protection for Western Australians, and community confidence that individuals, families, and businesses can safely go about business as usual.

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AMA (WA) ACTION AGENDA

612 more public hospital beds Health budget increase of 5-6% p.a. for 4 years Save WA’s emergency departments from collapse
Amend Health Services Act to better support doctors A Fair Go: Job Security For Senior Doctors A Fair Go: Portability & Retention Of Entitlements For Doctors Legal privilege for healthcare workers during investigations
State-wide electronic medical record Enhanced services and clinical governance at new women and babies hospital Improved telehealth services and capacity
GP Primary Care Taskforce Independent review of WA Health Corporate Governance Decision-making transparency
Interim quarantine facility Best-practice workplace safety & improved processes to prevent COVID breaches Commonwealth quarantine facility