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❓ Hon Donna Faragher requested a breakdown of clinicians employed by the WA Country Health Service providing services to children, by discipline, headcount, and FTE. The Minister provided the requested data.

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17 February 2022

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Hon Donna Faragher

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Will the Minister provide a breakdown, by headcount and FTE, of the number of clinicians currently employed by the WA Country Health Service to provide assessment, early intervention and treatment services to children in the following categories: (a) speech pathologists; (b) occupational therapists; (c) physiotherapists; (d) social workers; (e) clinical psychologists; (f) paediatricians; (g) therapy assistants; (h) audiologists; (i) nurses; (j) dieticians; (k) podiatrists; and (l) any other clinicians not listed in (a) to (k)?

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Answered

17 March 2022

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health

Response time

6 days

Discipline
FTE
Headcount
(a)
Speech Pathology
52.5
62
(b)
Occupational Therapy
27.71
47
(c)
Physiotherapy
16.7
40
(d)
Social Work
9.4
18
(e)
Clinical Psychology
0.4
1
(f)
Paediatrics
18.25
24
(g)
Allied Health Assistant
21.9
38
(h)
Audiology
2.7
4
(i)
Nurse (developmental)
1.5
3
(j)
Dietetics
7.7
20
(k)
Podiatry
0.37
2
(l) Not applicable.

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