❓ Hon Adele Farina asks the Minister for Health about the number of paramedics and community paramedics employed by St John Ambulance in regional WA in 2008 and 2016. The Minister provides FTE data but not headcount.
AnsweredQoN 942Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ST JOHN
AMBULANCE — PARAMEDICS — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
942. Hon
ADELE FARINA to the Minister representing the Minister for Health:
(1) In 2008,
how many paramedics and country paramedics, by full-time equivalent positions
and headcount, were employed by St John Ambulance in each of the following
regional areas —
(a) south
west;
(b) great
southern;
(c) Peel;
(d) midwest;
(e) goldfields–Esperance;
(f) Gascoyne;
(g) Pilbara;
(h) Kimberley;
and
(i) wheatbelt?
(2) In 2016, for
each region listed in (1), how many paramedics and country paramedics, by FTE
and headcount, are employed by St John Ambulance?
The PRESIDENT : Several of the questions today are
asking for very detailed information. I remind members that because ministers
have only five hours for gathering information, members should ask questions
that are reasonably expected to be answered in that time.
AMBULANCE — PARAMEDICS — REGIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA
942. Hon
ADELE FARINA to the Minister representing the Minister for Health:
(1) In 2008,
how many paramedics and country paramedics, by full-time equivalent positions
and headcount, were employed by St John Ambulance in each of the following
regional areas —
(a) south
west;
(b) great
southern;
(c) Peel;
(d) midwest;
(e) goldfields–Esperance;
(f) Gascoyne;
(g) Pilbara;
(h) Kimberley;
and
(i) wheatbelt?
(2) In 2016, for
each region listed in (1), how many paramedics and country paramedics, by FTE
and headcount, are employed by St John Ambulance?
The PRESIDENT : Several of the questions today are
asking for very detailed information. I remind members that because ministers
have only five hours for gathering information, members should ask questions
that are reasonably expected to be answered in that time.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
The following response is based on
information sourced by St John Ambulance. Information on headcounts is not
available.
(1)–(2) St
John Ambulance employs the following number of full-time equivalent ambulance
and community paramedics. The answer is listed in a table form, so I seek leave
to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
2008 St John
Ambulance FTE
Region
Paramedics
Community
paramedics
(a)
& (c)
South
West (including Peel)
26
0
(b)
Great
Southern
5
0
(d)
& (I)
Mid-West
(including Gascoyne)
7
0
(e)
Goldfields-Esperance
10
0
(g)
and (h)
North
West (including Kimberley, Pilbara)
6
2
(i)
Wheatbelt
2
0
TOTALS
56
2
2016 St John Ambulance FTE
Region
Paramedics
Community paramedics
(a)
& (c)
South
West (including Peel)
52
3
(b)
Great
Southern
7
4
(d)
& (f)
Mid-West
(including Gascoyne)
9
4
(e)
Goldfields-Esperance
11
3
(g)
and (h)
North
West (including Kimberley, Pilbara
18
5
(i)
Wheatbelt
4
8
TOTALS
101
27
of the question.
The following response is based on
information sourced by St John Ambulance. Information on headcounts is not
available.
(1)–(2) St
John Ambulance employs the following number of full-time equivalent ambulance
and community paramedics. The answer is listed in a table form, so I seek leave
to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
2008 St John
Ambulance FTE
Region
Paramedics
Community
paramedics
(a)
& (c)
South
West (including Peel)
26
0
(b)
Great
Southern
5
0
(d)
& (I)
Mid-West
(including Gascoyne)
7
0
(e)
Goldfields-Esperance
10
0
(g)
and (h)
North
West (including Kimberley, Pilbara)
6
2
(i)
Wheatbelt
2
0
TOTALS
56
2
2016 St John Ambulance FTE
Region
Paramedics
Community paramedics
(a)
& (c)
South
West (including Peel)
52
3
(b)
Great
Southern
7
4
(d)
& (f)
Mid-West
(including Gascoyne)
9
4
(e)
Goldfields-Esperance
11
3
(g)
and (h)
North
West (including Kimberley, Pilbara
18
5
(i)
Wheatbelt
4
8
TOTALS
101
27
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