❓ Dr. Honey questions the Minister for Health regarding on-call nurses and agency nurse usage in WA public hospitals during 2023-24. The Minister provides data on costs, numbers of nurses, and occasions of call-ins, but notes limitations in data availability for certain aspects.
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I referr to public hospitals and hospital staff being on call, and I ask: (a) Could the Minister provide the following information for the 2023-24 year: (i) Were nurses paid to be on call during the year and if so, how many nurses were paid to be on call; (ii) What was the total cost for nurses being on call; (iii) How many of the nurses paid to be on call were in the metropolitan area; (iv) What was the total cost of on call payments for nurses in the metropolitan area; (v) What was the daily average number of nurses on call for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas; (vi) On how many occasions were on call nurses called into work during the year in the metropolitan area; (vii) What was the total payment for agency or non-government employed nurses being utilised in the metropolitan area for the year; and (viii) How many shifts were filled by agency or non-government nurses in the metropolitan area?
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Answered
7 August 2024
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
3 days
(a) Please note this information may include the following occupations; Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled Nurses, Assistants in Nursing, Aboriginal Health Practitioners, Aboriginal Health Workers and Ethnic Health Workers.
(i) 3,390.
(ii) $6,869,846.
(iii) 1,390.
(iv) $2,906,537.
(v) Data on averages is not available at a daily basis. 152 nurses per fortnight for metropolitan areas and 778 nurses per fortnight for non-metropolitan areas.
(vi) 9,447 occasions.
(vii) The total payment for agency nursing shifts supplied by NurseWest for the metropolitan area in the 2023-24 financial year was $10,932,071. Data on the number of shifts filled by non-government agency staff would require a manual review of rosters across health service providers due to the structure of invoicing arrangements.
(viii) There were 16,368 agency nursing shifts supplied by NurseWest metropolitan area in the 2023-24 financial year. Data on the number of shifts filled by non-government agency staff would require a manual review of rosters across health service providers due to the structure of invoicing arrangements.
(i) 3,390.
(ii) $6,869,846.
(iii) 1,390.
(iv) $2,906,537.
(v) Data on averages is not available at a daily basis. 152 nurses per fortnight for metropolitan areas and 778 nurses per fortnight for non-metropolitan areas.
(vi) 9,447 occasions.
(vii) The total payment for agency nursing shifts supplied by NurseWest for the metropolitan area in the 2023-24 financial year was $10,932,071. Data on the number of shifts filled by non-government agency staff would require a manual review of rosters across health service providers due to the structure of invoicing arrangements.
(viii) There were 16,368 agency nursing shifts supplied by NurseWest metropolitan area in the 2023-24 financial year. Data on the number of shifts filled by non-government agency staff would require a manual review of rosters across health service providers due to the structure of invoicing arrangements.
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