Question regarding annual reporting on posthumous gamete collection authorisation. The Minister provided date ranges for reports but refused to table them, citing patient confidentiality concerns when revealing the number of nil returns.

AnsweredQoN 1981Legislative Council
Asked
14 March 2019
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health

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I refer to the system of annual reporting to the Executive Director, Public Health by designated officers of the authorisation of the posthumous collection of gametes, and I ask: (a) what are the date ranges for all of the reports ever completed; (b) will the Minister table these reports; and (c) how many nil returns were received for each of those completed reporting periods?

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Answered
11 April 2019
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) The date ranges are financial years 2014-15, 2015-16 (first report); 2016-17 (second report), 2017-18 (third report).
(b) No.
(c) The answer to this question has been suppressed for patient confidentiality; provision of this figure would enable a reasonable guess to be made of the actual number of positive returns when compared to previous to Legislative Council Question on Notice 4296 (g) or Legislative Council Question on Notice 444 (a).

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