❓ Hon. Alison Xamon questions the Health Department regarding the budgeting and employment of additional community child health nurses, referencing previous reports advocating for increased support for infants and children. The response indicates a lack of budgeted increases in recent years.
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I refer to recommendation 29 of the Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Report on the
Inquiry into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
from April this year, which recommends an urgent increase in the number of community child health nurses so as to provide the increased number of infants and children in Western Australia, and their parents, with optimum support and care. I also refer to the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee’s 2009
Inquiry into the adequacy of services to meet the developmental needs of Western Australia’s children
and the Education and Health Standing Committee’s 2010 report
Invest Now or pay later: Securing the future of WA’s children
, which both made similar recommendations, and I ask -
(1) Did the Health Department budget for any additional community child health nurses in the 2011-12 Budget?
(2) If yes to (1), how many additional community child health nurses were budgeted for?
(3) How many additional community child health nurse FTEs were employed in -
(a) 2009-2010;
(b) 2010-2011; and
(c) 2011 to date?
(4) How many additional community child health nurses will be budgeted for in the 2012-13 Budget?
Inquiry into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
from April this year, which recommends an urgent increase in the number of community child health nurses so as to provide the increased number of infants and children in Western Australia, and their parents, with optimum support and care. I also refer to the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee’s 2009
Inquiry into the adequacy of services to meet the developmental needs of Western Australia’s children
and the Education and Health Standing Committee’s 2010 report
Invest Now or pay later: Securing the future of WA’s children
, which both made similar recommendations, and I ask -
(1) Did the Health Department budget for any additional community child health nurses in the 2011-12 Budget?
(2) If yes to (1), how many additional community child health nurses were budgeted for?
(3) How many additional community child health nurse FTEs were employed in -
(a) 2009-2010;
(b) 2010-2011; and
(c) 2011 to date?
(4) How many additional community child health nurses will be budgeted for in the 2012-13 Budget?
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Answered
19 March 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
111 days
(1) No.
(2) Not applicable.
(3)(a) Nil.
(b) 6.7 FTE as part of the Indigenous Early Childhood Development National Partnership Agreement.
(c) Nil.
(4) The 2012-13 Budget is still being developed.
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(2) Not applicable.
(3)(a) Nil.
(b) 6.7 FTE as part of the Indigenous Early Childhood Development National Partnership Agreement.
(c) Nil.
(4) The 2012-13 Budget is still being developed.
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