Hon Linda Savage asks the Minister for Health about the number of child health nurses employed by the Department of Health as of 1 September 2012, following up on a previous question. The Minister provides the requested figures, broken down by metropolitan and country areas.

AnsweredQoN 682Legislative Council
Asked
19 September 2012
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Health

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CHILD HEALTH NURSES AND SCHOOL NURSES
682. Hon LINDA SAVAGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the answer to question without notice 362 on 13
June 2012 that indicated the Department of Health currently employs 197.9
full-time equivalent child health nurses statewide .
As at 1 September 2012, how many child health nurses are employed statewide by the Department of Health?

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Thanks, Mr President. I hope I have the right answer here!
As at 1 September 2012, the Department of Health employs
206.7 full-time equivalent child health nurses statewide .
There are 140.7 FTE child health nurses employed across the metropolitan area,
with another two child health nurses to commence on 24 September 2012. There
are 66 employed across country WA.

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