Mr LYONS (Bass) (13:49): I rise today to congratulate the Calvary Health Care St Vincent's and St Luke's campuses in Launceston in my electorate of Bass. They recently were jointly awarded first place in Tasmania in the Medibank Private 2011 hospital excellence survey for the second year running. This is a great achievement for the hospitals, which were jointly judged to be the best private hospitals in Tasmania after being rated by patients on a range of factors such as preadmission, discharge, follow-up, medical treatment provided, privacy, cleanliness and the food that the hospitals served.

Both of the hospitals received a rating of 71 out of 100 in the survey to top the rankings in Tasmania. Calvary Health Care Tasmania Launceston scored above the national category average in the areas of preadmission, admission, communications index, physical environment and informed financial consent. They all scored in line with the category average in the area of hospital staff. This is an impressive effort for our local private hospitals in Launceston, Tasmania. This is recognition of the work of the doctors, staff and volunteers at the Calvary Health Care facilities in Launceston. I congratulate Mr Grant Musgrave, the CEO, for his wonderful leadership. Their hard work and dedication to patients has been rewarded. They should be congratulated for their effort. (Time expired)