❓ This parliamentary question seeks to understand the nursing shortage in Western Australia, including the number of nurses employed across different sectors, the cost of employing nurses, and the number of nurses who have left the profession. The question aims to quantify the nursing workforce situation in WA.
AnsweredQoN 1654Legislative Assembly
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(1) What is the current estimated shortage of nurses (in FTEs) in Western Australia?
(2) How many nurses (FTEs) are employed -
(a) directly by the State;
(b) in the private sector; and
(c) by agencies, but working in WA public hospitals?
(3) What is the total cost of employing nurses in Western Australian public hospitals?
(4) What is the cost of hiring agency nurses to work in Western Australian public hospitals?
(5) What is the estimated number of trained nurses who have left the nursing profession to pursue other careers?
(2) How many nurses (FTEs) are employed -
(a) directly by the State;
(b) in the private sector; and
(c) by agencies, but working in WA public hospitals?
(3) What is the total cost of employing nurses in Western Australian public hospitals?
(4) What is the cost of hiring agency nurses to work in Western Australian public hospitals?
(5) What is the estimated number of trained nurses who have left the nursing profession to pursue other careers?
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Answered
16 April 2002
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
26 days
(b) in the private sector; and (c) by agencies, but working in WA public hospitals?
(c) by agencies, but working in WA public hospitals?
(c) by agencies, but working in WA public hospitals?
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