❓ Question on Notice regarding the implementation of recommendations from a 2012 report on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The Premier's response outlines progress made despite delays due to a state election.
AnsweredQoN 3882Legislative Council
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(1) I refer to the report of September 2012 prepared by the Legislative Assembly's Education and Health Standing Committee titled Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: the invisible disability , and I ask: (a) which Ministers hold responsibility for recommendations 9, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 21; and (b) have recommendations 9, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 21 been fully implemented and, if not, why not? (2) Page (v) of the Executive Summary states, "In accordance with Standing Order 277(1) of the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly, the Education and Health Standing Committee directs that the Premier, the Minister for Health, the Attorney General, the Minister for Disability Services, and the Minister for Racing and Gaming report to the Assembly as to the action, if any, proposed to be taken by the Government with respect to the recommendations of the Committee", and I ask: (a) can the Premier advise if this direction has been actioned; and (b) if no to (2)(a), why not?
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Answered
10 May 2016
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Premier
Response time
56 days
(1)
(a) Ministers do not hold individual responsibility for recommendations of this report, as the treatment and prevention of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a cross-portfolio issue.
(b)
Additionally, the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) Research Project commenced in May 2015 to develop and test a FASD screening tool, and inform case management practices for young people diagnosed with FASD.
Once established, data collected from FASTRACK and the Telethon Kids Institute Research Project may help assess the cost of FASD in Western Australia.
(2)
(a) Due to the timing of the release of the report and the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly for the 2013 State General Election, no report to the Assembly was made. However, agencies including the Department of Health, Mental Health Commission and Department of Corrective Services acknowledge the recommendations of this report and are continuing to progress initiatives relating to the identification, prevention and treatment of FASD.
(a) Ministers do not hold individual responsibility for recommendations of this report, as the treatment and prevention of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a cross-portfolio issue.
(b)
Additionally, the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) Research Project commenced in May 2015 to develop and test a FASD screening tool, and inform case management practices for young people diagnosed with FASD.
Once established, data collected from FASTRACK and the Telethon Kids Institute Research Project may help assess the cost of FASD in Western Australia.
(2)
(a) Due to the timing of the release of the report and the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly for the 2013 State General Election, no report to the Assembly was made. However, agencies including the Department of Health, Mental Health Commission and Department of Corrective Services acknowledge the recommendations of this report and are continuing to progress initiatives relating to the identification, prevention and treatment of FASD.
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