A parliamentary question seeks details on the Health Corporate Network (HCN) establishment, including staff reductions, transfers, and projected savings. The answer provides FTE reductions across various health services, the number of positions consolidated, people transferred, and projected annual savings.

AnsweredQoN 4979Legislative Council
Asked
27 June 2007
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(1) How many positions were taken from separate health services into HCN (e.g. Midwest, Goldfields-South East Health Service )?
(2) Of these positions, how many positions in finance, procurement, human resources and payroll process were consolidated into HCN?
(3) How many people were transferred in the above processes?
(4) What will be the harvesting of annual savings of HCN process -
(a) July 2007-08;
(b) July 2008-09; and
(c) July 2009-10?

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Answered
14 August 2007
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
48 days
(1) The following Full Time Equivalent (FTE) reductions were made for health services/agency budgets.
Health Service / Agency
Budget reduction (FTE)
North Metropolitan Area Health Service
104.87
PathWest
17.85
South Metropolitan Area Health Service
295.98
WA Country Health Services
53.60
Women's & Children's Health Service
47.75
Drug & Alcohol Office
2.60
Central Office
55.88
Dental Health Service
15.70
InfoHealth
28.00
Royal St (Transfer of Nurse West)
19.00
TOTAL
641.23
(2) 588.03 FTE.
(3) 539 people transferred into Health Corporate Network.
(4)  The Department of Treasury and Finance has factored the following annual savings into the Department of Health's budget:
(a)  $10.74M
(b)  $12.365M
(c)  $12.365M
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