❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister for Health's priorities, accusing her of not financially supporting healthcare workers. The Minister defends the government's actions during the pandemic and outlines their commitment to supporting the health system and its workers.
AnsweredQoN 398Legislative Assembly
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HEALTHCARE
WORKFORCE — RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION POLICIES
398. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. What exactly are the
minister's priorities for the health system, given she will not financially
support the very workers who have seen us through the worst of the pandemic and
continue to do more with less?
WORKFORCE — RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION POLICIES
398. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. What exactly are the
minister's priorities for the health system, given she will not financially
support the very workers who have seen us through the worst of the pandemic and
continue to do more with less?
AnswerView source ↗
This government has done more than any government to protect
our healthcare workers from the worst ravages of the pandemic. We have made hard decisions and sometimes incredibly
unpopular decisions to protect our healthcare workers and to protect the
community. We have a range of cost-of-living measures in the budget to support
the broader community. We are bargaining in good faith with our healthcare
unions. We are sitting down with them and
working through issues that they have on the floor. We are supporting workers
to take the leave that they need. We have recruited a healthcare
workforce, with up to a 15 per cent increase in two years to allow healthcare
workers to take much deserved leave that they have accrued over the last couple
of years while the borders have been shut.
My priority is to support our incredible public health
system. That is my priority, unlike the member opposite who runs it down all
the time. She criticises and runs it down into the ground. The member opposite
never ever stops, and that is not supporting our public healthcare workers.
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please, minister!
our healthcare workers from the worst ravages of the pandemic. We have made hard decisions and sometimes incredibly
unpopular decisions to protect our healthcare workers and to protect the
community. We have a range of cost-of-living measures in the budget to support
the broader community. We are bargaining in good faith with our healthcare
unions. We are sitting down with them and
working through issues that they have on the floor. We are supporting workers
to take the leave that they need. We have recruited a healthcare
workforce, with up to a 15 per cent increase in two years to allow healthcare
workers to take much deserved leave that they have accrued over the last couple
of years while the borders have been shut.
My priority is to support our incredible public health
system. That is my priority, unlike the member opposite who runs it down all
the time. She criticises and runs it down into the ground. The member opposite
never ever stops, and that is not supporting our public healthcare workers.
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please, minister!
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