❓ Question on Notice regarding the staffing and budget of the Community Child Health team in WA. The Minister's response indicates a review of health budgets and no specific quarantining of population health funding.
AnsweredQoN 1567Legislative Council
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(1) With regard to the community child health team - (a) How many full-time equivalents currently work in the team; and (b) how many FTEs were in the team in November 2002? (2) Does the minister intend to further cut the budget to population health? (3) Will the minister quarantine the population health budget, as was recommended by the Health Administrative Review Committee report and is a Labor Party commitment? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
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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. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
(b) how many FTEs were in the team in November 2002?
(3) Will the minister quarantine the population health budget, as was recommended by the Health Administrative Review Committee report and is a Labor Party commitment? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
(1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
(b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate.
(b) how many FTEs were in the team in November 2002?
(3) Will the minister quarantine the population health budget, as was recommended by the Health Administrative Review Committee report and is a Labor Party commitment? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister has provided the following response - (1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
(1) I assume the member is referring to the Child and Community Health Directorate in the Department of Health. (a) Currently 24 positions are occupied in the directorate. (b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate. (2)-(3) All budgets within the health system are being reviewed and prioritised to ensure funding into areas of greatest need to provide direct health benefits to the community. No budget area has been quarantined.
(b) The directorate was being established at that time, so direct FTE comparisons are not appropriate.
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