Hon Donna Faragher asks the Minister for Health about the Department of Health's annual targets for child health checks across WA for various age categories from 2019-20 to 2021-22. The Minister provides the targets for both Child and Adolescent Health Service and WA Country Health Service.

AnsweredQoN 487Legislative Council
Asked
19 May 2022
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICE — COMMUNITY
CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM
487. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Department of Health's
community child health program.
(1) In the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22
financial years, what was the annual target, in percentage of children checked, set by the department to provide child
health checks to all eligible children across Western Australia in the
following categories —
(a) zero to 14 days;
(b) eight weeks;
(c) four months;
(d) 12 months; and
(e) two years?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) (a)–(e)
The Child and Adolescent Health Service information is set out in tabular form.
I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
0–14
Days
90%
90%
90%
8
Weeks
90%
90%
90%
4
Months
90%
90%
90%
12
Months
75%
75%
75%
2
Years
75%
75%
75%
In respect to the WA Country Health Service, again that
information is set out in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
0–14
Days
90%
90%
90%
8
Weeks
80%
80%
80%
4
Months
70%
70%
70%
12
Months
70%
70%
70%
2
Years
50%
50%
50%

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