Media Statements

From the Office of the Hon Roger Cook MLA

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
1/04/2020	Cook	Health	COVID-19 testing criteria to be expanded in WA
31/03/2020	Cook	Health	WA boosting health system capacity for COVID-19 critical care
31/03/2020	Quigley; Cook	Attorney General; Health	New laws to allow doctors to trial new and emerging treatments for COVID-19
27/03/2020	Cook	Health	COVID-19 testing criteria expanded in WA
26/03/2020	Cook	Health	$3 million to provide opportunities for local COVID-19 research
23/03/2020	Cook	Health	New COVID clinics open to join coronavirus fight
21/03/2020	Cook	Health	Elective surgery to be scaled back to prepare for COVID-19
20/03/2020	Wyatt; Cook	Aboriginal Affairs; Health; Mental Health	$266 million package to support Aboriginal Youth Wellbeing
20/03/2020	Cook; Wyatt	Deputy Premier; Aboriginal Affairs	McGowan Government releases commitment to Aboriginal youth wellbeing
19/03/2020	Cook	Health	Early influenza shots for over 65s
19/03/2020	Cook	Health	Dedicated pathway for WA Health staff needing to be tested for coronavirus
18/03/2020	Cook	Health	First regional COVID clinic established at Bunbury Health Campus
17/03/2020	Cook	Health	New drive to boost medical workforce
14/03/2020	Cook	Health	Finalists announced for 2020 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards
13/03/2020	Cook	Health	New report reveals WA cancer death rate at all-time low
12/03/2020	Cook	Health	Negative COVID-19 results to be sent via SMS
11/03/2020	Cook	Health	COVID-19 precaution postpones works at Peel Health Campus
11/03/2020	Cook	Health	PathWest boosts COVID-19 capability
11/03/2020	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Updated WA Government Pandemic Plan released in response to COVID-19
10/03/2020	Cook	Mental Health	Providing a Safe Haven for people with mental health issues
10/03/2020	Cook	Health	Board chairs announced for newly established PathWest and Health Support Services Boards
9/03/2020	Cook	Health	WA COVID clinics to help combat coronavirus community spread
9/03/2020	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Privatised services at Fiona Stanley Hospital back in public hands
6/03/2020	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health; Mental Health	McGowan Government delivers new South West mental health service
4/03/2020	Cook	Health; Mental Health	Review of the Clinical Governance of Public Mental Health Services in WA released
4/03/2020	Cook	Health	New service to support information sharing in donor conception
3/03/2020	Cook	Health	WA patients to benefit from medical research boost
24/02/2020	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Specialist care closer to home for Great Southern patients
21/02/2020	Cook	Health; Mental Health	Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment: new milestones reached
19/02/2020	Cook	Health	Construction starts on the expansion of Osborne Park Hospital
16/02/2020	Cook; Saffioti	Health; Transport	Kids Bridge connects sick children with nature
11/02/2020	Cook; Kelly	Health; Innovation and ICT	Plans to turn WA life sciences industry into world leader to create local jobs
11/02/2020	Cook; Murray	Health; Sport and Recreation	Cash grants help local sporting clubs kick health goals
10/02/2020	Cook; McGurk	Health; Women's Interests	Government moves to introduce Bill for safe access zones in Western Australia
4/02/2020	Cook	Health	Western Australia’s new cancer plan raises the bar
3/02/2020	Cook	Health	Fiona Stanley Hospital - the first five years
30/01/2020	Cook; Templeman	Health; Mental Health; Culture and the Arts	$1.6 million in funding towards mentally healthy arts programs
29/01/2020	Cook	Health	Tender to redevelop Newman hospital released
10/01/2020	Cook	Health	Innovative health service keeps kicking goals
9/01/2020	Cook	Health; Mental Health	Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment underway
9/01/2020	Cook	Health	More mental health, alcohol and drug support for the Mid-West
9/01/2020	Cook	Health	New funding to progress Yanchep health centre
27/12/2019	Cook	Health	Architect appointed for Collie Hospital stage two redevelopment
24/12/2019	Cook	Premier	Nation’s second waste-to-energy plant to be built in WA
23/12/2019	Cook	Premier	State approval for billion-dollar Western Turner Syncline iron ore project creates more than 1,000 jobs
23/12/2019	Logan; Cook	Emergency Services; Environment	Records broken with official bushfire season only just underway
19/12/2019	Cook	Health	Improved performance reporting increases hospital transparency
19/12/2019	Cook	Health	Kalgoorlie Health Campus gets 24/7 security
14/12/2019	Cook	Health	Major funding boost to expand Joondalup Health Campus
13/12/2019	Cook	Health	Board members sought for PathWest and Health Support Services
13/12/2019	Cook	Health	New Albany radiation oncology service on track
12/12/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Site works begin for new Goldfields mental health service
10/12/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Parliament passes historic voluntary assisted dying laws for WA
5/12/2019	Cook	Health	Don’t leave home without your measles shot
2/12/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Western Australia’s first Recovery College a true collaboration
1/12/2019	Cook	Health	Going somewhere? Don’t bring HIV home from your holiday…
29/11/2019	Cook	Mental Health	New Mental Health Advisory Council appointed
28/11/2019	Cook	Health	New hope for dialysis patients as world-first trial tracks breakthrough in infection testing
26/11/2019	Cook	Health	Plan to make WA the nation’s healthy weight capital
19/11/2019	Cook	Health	New amendments to Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill tabled in the Upper House
19/11/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Outstanding Western Australians awarded for work in mental health
15/11/2019	Cook	Health	Tender to build Carnarvon aged and palliative care centre released
12/11/2019	Cook	Health	Cutting red tape to help patients access medicinal cannabis
7/11/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Mental health named as opener this cricket season
7/11/2019	Cook	Health	Country Ambulance Strategy provides ambitious blueprint for future services
5/11/2019	Cook	Health	Researcher in bid to blow rogue cancer’s cover
1/11/2019	Cook	Health	Merredin Health Service and Mukinbudin Health Centre officially opened
1/11/2019	Cook	Health	Newman Health Campus redevelopment a step closer
30/10/2019	Cook	Health	Western Australians benefit from easier access to pathology results
29/10/2019	Cook	Health	Increased funding to stop hospital violence and aggression
28/10/2019	Cook; Murray; Saffioti	Health; Seniors and Ageing; Planning	New policy to cut red tape and improve aged care planning
25/10/2019	Cook	Health	Groundbreaking study to detect brain defects in babies
24/10/2019	Cook	Health	WA patients set to benefit from new medical imaging system
19/10/2019	Cook	Health	Government grant to support SunSmart message with Surf Life Saving WA
16/10/2019	Cook	Mental Health	New Mental Health Emergency Centre opened at RPH
15/10/2019	Cook	Health	Remembering little lives lost and protecting their memories
10/10/2019	Cook	Health	Goldfields to receive significant boost to palliative care services
10/10/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Massive boost for palliative care services across Western Australia
10/10/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Finalists announced for Western Australian Mental Health Awards
9/10/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Public comment sought on draft action plan to help prevent suicide
8/10/2019	Cook	Health	Jandakot Airport upgrades open new pathways to the sky
7/10/2019	Cook	Mental Health	Supporting mental health where we live, learn, work and play
7/10/2019	Cook	Health	Narrogin Health Service officially opened
3/10/2019	Cook; McGurk	Health; Women's Interests	Family birthing centre at Fiona Stanley Hospital open
2/10/2019	Cook	Health	Health system delivers Digital Strategy to improve patient care
2/10/2019	Cook	Health	Sustainable Health Review Oversight Committee to help future-proof healthcare
1/10/2019	Cook	Health	Latest innovation in country healthcare announced
30/09/2019	Cook	Health	Partnership to drive healthier basketball culture
27/09/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Maintenance jobs blitz delivers improvement works for Albany Health Campus
26/09/2019	Cook	Health	New era for health research and innovation funding
25/09/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	Legislative Assembly votes in favour of Voluntary Assisted Dying
24/09/2019	Cook	Health; Mental Health	Grant to develop and pilot mental health and arts program in the Kimberley
24/09/2019	McGowan; Cook; Wyatt	Premier; Health; Treasurer	Priority hospital maintenance blitz to help stimulate local economy
18/09/2019	Murray; Cook	Sport and Recreation; Health	State Government grants promoting sport for all
14/09/2019	Cook	Health	Public hospitals welcome privately practicing midwives
12/09/2019	Cook	Health	WA setting world benchmark in cancer survival
10/09/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Deputy Premier	Largest of its kind lithium hydroxide plant launched in Kwinana
10/09/2019	McGowan; Cook	Premier; Health	GP urgent care arrives to give patients more choice
2/09/2019	Cook; McGurk	Health; Mental Health; Women's Interests	Policy to deliver healthy outcomes for WA women and girls
30/08/2019	Cook	Health; Mental Health	New health strategy to break down barriers for LGBTI Western Australians