❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health regarding ongoing staff concerns at Fiona Stanley Hospital despite prior interventions, suggesting a referral to WorkSafe. The Minister dismisses the concerns and the referral, citing the questioner's unreliability, but commits to ongoing engagement with staff and a ministerial advisory panel.
AnsweredQoN 240Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL —
STAFF
240. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. If
those measures were implemented in response to those concerns back in March,
why have staff approached the opposition in the last week, and will the
minister refer this matter to WorkSafe?
STAFF
240. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. If
those measures were implemented in response to those concerns back in March,
why have staff approached the opposition in the last week, and will the
minister refer this matter to WorkSafe?
AnswerView source ↗
On the basis of what the member
tells me, no, I am not going to refer anything to WorkSafe. The member is a highly
unreliable source of wisdom in this debate, and I will not be acting on her
testimony.
What
I will continue to do is to work with staff at all levels, and that includes
our most senior staff but also nurses and doctors. Of course, I made a commitment
around a ministerial advisory panel, which will be made up of representatives from each of the health unions, to talk about these staffing issues, not just
in the context of industrial relations, but also in terms of healthcare worker
health and wellbeing to make sure they continue to feel valued in the
workplace.
The SPEAKER : That concludes
question time.
tells me, no, I am not going to refer anything to WorkSafe. The member is a highly
unreliable source of wisdom in this debate, and I will not be acting on her
testimony.
What
I will continue to do is to work with staff at all levels, and that includes
our most senior staff but also nurses and doctors. Of course, I made a commitment
around a ministerial advisory panel, which will be made up of representatives from each of the health unions, to talk about these staffing issues, not just
in the context of industrial relations, but also in terms of healthcare worker
health and wellbeing to make sure they continue to feel valued in the
workplace.
The SPEAKER : That concludes
question time.
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