❓ Question regarding the policy and staffing levels for orthotics provision, specifically spinal braces, at the South West Health Campus in Bunbury and Busselton Hospital. The response clarifies that no such policy exists and details the qualifications of the physiotherapists fitting spinal orthoses.
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I refer again to the provision of orthotics at the South West Health Campus in Bunbury and the Busselton Hospital, and I ask: (a) does the South West Health Campus in Bunbury currently have a policy that an orthotist is the only allied health professional able to fit orthoses to patients; (b) has the South West Health Campus ever had such a policy and, if so, when was it changed; and (c) what is the professional salaried level of the person fitting spinal braces at the South West Health Campus?
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Answered
16 November 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
13 days
I am advised:
(a)-(b) No.
In relation to spinal braces, Bunbury Hospital utilises the Royal Perth Hospital Clinical Practice Standard for a Patient with an Acute Spinal Injury.
(c) The physiotherapists fitting spinal orthoses are salaried P1 and P2 physiotherapists who are experienced and have had additional training to meet the clinical practice standard to fit these orthoses.
(a)-(b) No.
In relation to spinal braces, Bunbury Hospital utilises the Royal Perth Hospital Clinical Practice Standard for a Patient with an Acute Spinal Injury.
(c) The physiotherapists fitting spinal orthoses are salaried P1 and P2 physiotherapists who are experienced and have had additional training to meet the clinical practice standard to fit these orthoses.
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