❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about nurse and midwife employment numbers in WA Health, including recruitment sources and distribution across health service providers. The response provides some FTE data but declines to provide detailed recruitment breakdowns due to resource constraints.
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I refer to the media statement from 22 October 2021, titled Major new advertising campaign to bolster health workforce , which states "Western Australia's current recruitment drive has already seen 1,000 new nurses and midwives join the WA Health system since January this year", and I ask: (a) on 1 January 2021 how many, by FTE, nurses and midwives were employed in the Western Australian health system; (b) currently, how many, by FTE, nurses and midwives are employed by the Western Australian health system; (c) of the almost 1,000 nurses and midwives recruited since January, how many have been recruited: (i) within Western Australia; (ii) interstate; and (iii) internationally; and (d) please provide a breakdown of the almost 1,000 nurses and midwives, by health service provider?
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Answered
9 December 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
13 days
I am advised:
(a) Refer Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 36.
(b) For the first quarter of the 2021-22 financial year 13,492 average FTE nurses and 1,155 average FTE midwives were employed by WA Health.
(c) & (d) (i)-(iii) Provision of the information sought by the Member would require a significant amount of time, research and manual collection of data. As such it is not considered a reasonable or responsible use of Government resources to complete such as task. If the Member has a more specific inquiry I will endeavour to provide a reply.
(a) Refer Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 36.
(b) For the first quarter of the 2021-22 financial year 13,492 average FTE nurses and 1,155 average FTE midwives were employed by WA Health.
(c) & (d) (i)-(iii) Provision of the information sought by the Member would require a significant amount of time, research and manual collection of data. As such it is not considered a reasonable or responsible use of Government resources to complete such as task. If the Member has a more specific inquiry I will endeavour to provide a reply.
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