❓ Hon Barbara Scott questions the delay in the release of the Child Development Service framework draft and its impact on addressing long wait times, to which Hon Kate Doust responds citing data collection difficulties and clarifies the framework's focus.
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CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVISION
On 18 October 2005, the Minister for Health informed Parliament that after convening in July 2005, the Child Development Service Reference Group would examine child development service provision within the state and prepare a final framework to address a number of issues around access to intervention therapies. He also said that a draft of the framework document would be released for public comment in December 2005. That draft is not yet available. Will the minister inform Parliament why the draft has been delayed and how the upcoming budget will be able to address long wait times if the framework document has not been finalised? Hon KATE DOUST
On 18 October 2005, the Minister for Health informed Parliament that after convening in July 2005, the Child Development Service Reference Group would examine child development service provision within the state and prepare a final framework to address a number of issues around access to intervention therapies. He also said that a draft of the framework document would be released for public comment in December 2005. That draft is not yet available. Will the minister inform Parliament why the draft has been delayed and how the upcoming budget will be able to address long wait times if the framework document has not been finalised? Hon KATE DOUST
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On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
Completion of the draft framework has been delayed due to extraordinary difficulties in gathering and analysing statistical data related to use and demand for these services. My note of a quote from a senior paediatrician who has contributed to the development of the framework reads - Child Development services in Western Australia have different wait lists, different treatment and therapeutic programs and different intake and discharge criteria. In addition, there are different patient/client databases (and in some cases no database at all). That work has only just been completed to the extent that it can be, given the anomalies and inconsistencies in the data. With the analysis now complete, the framework can be finalised and will be released before the end of this month. The Minister for Health regrets the delay in finalising the draft framework. The framework focuses on patient care and governance issues and does not address financial resources.
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