Patient Transfer Subsidy Scheme

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Barry Wood
32 Coronation Street
AYR QLD 4807
Total Signatures - 174
Sponsoring Member: Rosemary Menkens MP
Posting Date: 28/11/2006
Tabled Date: 28/11/2006
Responded By: Stephen Robertson on 9/1/2007
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The petition of electors of the State of Queensland draws to the attention of the House the failure of the existing Patient Transfer Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) to recognise and compensate for the huge increase in the cost of fuel and increasing costs of accommodation. This failure to maintain the subsidy rates in line with costs is causing patients in regional and rural areas needless emotional distress and financial hardship when accessing necessary medical diagnosis and treatment. Your petitions therefore request the House to immediately increase PTSS payments, in line with the increase in transport and accommodation costs since the present subsidy amounts were calculated, and thereafter index the subsidies in line with inflation.