Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health regarding the implementation schedule for the recommendations from the independent inquiry into Perth Children's Hospital following Aishwarya Aswath's death, and whether staffing shortages have been addressed. The Minister outlines the implementation team and commends staffing initiatives.

AnsweredQoN 808Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 November 2021
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Health

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PERTH CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL — AISHWARYA ASWATH — INDEPENDENT INQUIRY REPORT
808. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the handing down of the
independent inquiry into Perth Children's Hospital, which comprises 30 recommendations
that the minister has said the government will accept.
(1) What is the
minister's schedule for implementing the recommendations of the report?
(2) Have the
dangerous staffing shortages at PCH now been addressed?

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(1) When the root
cause analysis report was handed down, an implementation team was put together
at the hospital to implement the recommendations that came from the root cause
analysis. That same team will take up the responsibility for implementing the
30 recommendations from the PCH inquiry report.
(2) With regard to staffing matters, it is for the
record now that the inquiry authors commended the hospital for having
implemented a range of staffing initiatives in relation to the emergency
department, so I commend the report to the member.

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