This WA parliamentary question seeks to determine the number of nurses (both headcount and FTE) employed in the public health system as of June 30, 2007, excluding agency and dental nurses. The answer provides the requested figures and compares them to 2001 data.

AnsweredQoN 2494Legislative Assembly
Asked
14 August 2007
Portfolio
Health

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(2) How many nurses (total FTE and excluding agency nurses, registered dental nurses and dental clinic assistants) were there in the Western Australian public health system at 30 June 2007?

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Answered
4 September 2007
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
21 days
(1) There were 12,964 nurses (total individual headcount, discounting duplicated employment of individual nurses at different sites and excluding agency nurses, registered dental nurses and dental clinic assistants) in the Western Australian public health system as at 30 June 2007. This is 2,720 more nurses (headcount) than in 2001.
(2) There were 9,998 nurses (total FTE and excluding agency nurses, registered dental nurses and dental clinic assistants) in the Western Australian public health system as at 30 June 2007. This is 2,021 more nursing FTE than in 2001.
Note: Data does not include Peel Health Campus and Joondalup Health Campus but includes other health services i.e. HCN, Royal Street, Dental Health Service, PathWest, Health Reform and Drug and Alcohol Divisions.
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