Question on Notice regarding the cost and frequency of transporting health staff to the Goldfields region by the WA Country Health Service during the 2022-23 financial year. The answer provides specific figures for flights and costs for doctors, nurses, and other medical staff.

AnsweredQoN 1500Legislative Council
Asked
8 August 2023
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I refer to the transport of health staff from Perth to regional Western Australia by the WA Country Health Service, and I ask, for the 2022-23 financial year: (a) what was the total number of flights for doctors transported to the Goldfields region; (b) what was the total cost of those flights in (a); (c) what was the total number of flights for nursing staff transported to the Goldfields region; (d) what was the total cost of those flights in (c); (e) what was the total number of flights for other medical staff transported to the Goldfields region; and (f) what was the total cost of those flights in (f)?

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Answered
12 September 2023
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
The following information pertains to flights booked by WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Goldfields.
(a) 487 flights
(b) $337,000
(c) 60 flights
(d) $31,000
(e) 219 flights
(f) $147,000

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