❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the transfer of medical and financial positions from Derby Hospital to Broome Hospital, patient referrals, and associated housing costs. The answer details position transfers, patient referral processes, and housing expenses, highlighting recruitment and retention strategies.
AnsweredQoN 1144Legislative Council
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(1) How many medical positions have been transferred from the Derby Hospital to the Broome Hospital?
(2) Have any Financial Positions been transferred to Broome from the Derby Hospital?
(3) Have any patients, who could have been adequately treated in the Derby Hospital, bypassed Derby and been sent to Broome for treatment instead?
(4) What have been the housing cost to the Department in moving positions from Derby to Broome?
(2) Have any Financial Positions been transferred to Broome from the Derby Hospital?
(3) Have any patients, who could have been adequately treated in the Derby Hospital, bypassed Derby and been sent to Broome for treatment instead?
(4) What have been the housing cost to the Department in moving positions from Derby to Broome?
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Answered
9 September 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
20 days
The regional paediatrician is based in Derby when on-call and not conducting remote clinics, however the Health Service has facilitated the relocation of his family to Broome as part of a retention strategy. The public health physician position, which had been vacant has been transferred from Derby to Broome and filled. A new general physician position has been created in Broome and filled. (2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
The public health physician position, which had been vacant has been transferred from Derby to Broome and filled. A new general physician position has been created in Broome and filled. (2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
A new general physician position has been created in Broome and filled. (2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
The public health physician position, which had been vacant has been transferred from Derby to Broome and filled. A new general physician position has been created in Broome and filled. (2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
A new general physician position has been created in Broome and filled. (2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(2) One (1) Accounts Payable FTE was transferred from Derby to Broome in June 2003. (3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(3) In emergency situations, patients are transported to either Broome or Derby depending on the location of the on-call specialist. This patient referral process also takes into account the location of any specialists providing remote clinics to ensure efficient delivery of services. (4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
(4) The housing cost to the Department in transferring existing positions and creating new positions in Broome has been approximately $30,000. Relocation of positions from Derby to Broome has assisted clinical recruitment and retention strategies for the Kimberley region.
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