❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice requests details about reviews, committees, inquiries, and taskforces established within the Department of Health since September 23, 2008, including costs, timelines, and leadership.
AnsweredQoN 379Legislative Assembly
Asked
4 December 2008
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Indigenous Affairs
QuestionView source ↗
(a) how many reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since 23 September 2008;
(b) will the Minister list all reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since 23 September 2008;
(c) what date did each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce commence, and what date are they due to be completed;
(d) what is the name of the Chair of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce established since 23 September 2008;
(e) what are the Chairs’ qualifications and employment status and position;
(f) what fees and total costs have been allocated to each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce;
(g) to date what costs have been allocated to each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce; and
(h) what is the expected final cost of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce?
(b) will the Minister list all reviews, committees, inquiries and taskforces have been established since 23 September 2008;
(c) what date did each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce commence, and what date are they due to be completed;
(d) what is the name of the Chair of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce established since 23 September 2008;
(e) what are the Chairs’ qualifications and employment status and position;
(f) what fees and total costs have been allocated to each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce;
(g) to date what costs have been allocated to each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce; and
(h) what is the expected final cost of each review, committee, inquiry and taskforce?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 March 2009
Response time
88 days
Department of Health
(a) 13
(b - h)
Review of the Role of Cancer Nurse Coordinators
Commencement: November 2008
Completion: June 2009
Chair: Associate Professor Leanne Monterosso
Qualifications: PhD, B. Nursing (Hons), RN, RM, Neonatal Trained RN, Grad Cert Tertiary Teaching, FRANCA.
Employment Status and Position: Employed by Edith Cowan and Curtin University and the WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $70,487
Cost to date: Nil.
Expected final cost: $70,487
Review of National Health Service (NHS) model of addressing unplanned patient care
Commencement: 17 November 2008
Completion: 26 November 2008
Chair: Dr Robyn Lawrence
Qualifications: Degree in Medicine obtained at University of Western Australia, and Fellowship Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA)
Employment Status and Position: Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Western Australian Department of Health; and Executive sponsor for elective surgery and ambulatory care
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $89,017 (Note: This cost included airfares Perth/London, transport, and accommodation for the tour group of seven clinicians from WA Health)
Cost to date: $89, 017
Expected final cost: $89,017
Elective Wait List Advocate Committee
Commencement: 1 January 2009
Completion: Ongoing.
Chair:Professor Bryant Stokes
Qualifications: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University of Western Australia 1959); Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1965); and Fellowship, The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Employment Status and Position: Consultant Neurosurgeon and Clinical Professor of Surgery at UWA; and Clinical lead of the neurosciences and senses network for WA Health
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $65,000.per annum
Cost to date: Nil.
Expected final cost: $65,000.per annum
SCGH Patient Property Working Party
Commencement: 15 December 2008
Completion: 30 June 2009 (expected)
Chair: Sandra Miller
Qualifications: Bachelor of Health Science (Health Information Management), Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Epidemiology and Biostatistics).
Employment Status and Position: Director of Safety, Quality & Performance at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: No budget specifically for this purpose
Cost to date: Not applicable
Expected final cost: Not applicable
Storage of selected Schedule 4 drug.
Commencement: Approx November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Not applicable.
Qualifications: Not applicable.
Employment Status and Position: Not applicable.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Not applicable.
Cost to date: Not applicable.
Expected final cost: Not applicable.
Administrative Review of the Cross Jurisdictional Data Linkage Program
Commencement: January 2009
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Professor David Roder
Qualifications: BDSc, MPH
Employment Status and Position: Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council of South Australia.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $19,500
Cost to date: $19,500
Expected final cost: $19,500
Technical Review of the Cross Jurisdictional Data Linkage Program
Commencement: January 2009
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Professor David Roder
Qualifications: BDSc, MPH
Employment Status and Position: Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council of South Australia.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $19,855
Cost to date: $19,855
Expected final cost: $19,855
Chief Pharmacists' Forum, accountable to Operations Review Committee
Commencement: October 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Barry Jenkins
Qualifications: A registered pharmacist. Academic qualifications include: Bpharm, Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology.
Employment Status and Position: Chief Pharmacist, Royal Perth Hospital
Fees and total Costs Allocated: No specific fees or total costs allocated
Cost to date: No specific fees or total costs allocated
Expected final cost: No fees or costs allocated
Royal Perth Hospital Precinct Committee
Commencement: 28 November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Dr Philip Montgomery
Qualifications: MBBS; FRACMA
Employment Status and Position: Acting Director New Royal Perth Hospital Planning Unit
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Medical Imaging Data Management Group
Commencement: 25 November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Dr Bill Macdonald
Qualifications: MBBS, MPH, FRACP
Employment Status and Position: Metropolitan Director of Imaging Services
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Aged Care Assessment Team Review Rockingham Peel Group
Commencement: December 2008
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Paul McEleny
Qualifications: Registered Nurse
Employment Status and Position: Acting Clinical Nurse Manager, Rockingham Hospital
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Office of Health Review
(a) Nil.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia
(a) Nil
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) Nil
(g) Nil
(h) Nil
Department of Indigenous Affairs
(a) One.
(b) The Indigenous Implementation Board.
(c) The Board was established and publicly announced on 8 January 2009. The State Government intends that the Board will operate for an initial period of two years.
(d) The Board is chaired by Lt General (Rtd) John Sanderson AC.
(e) Lt General (Rtd) John Sanderson AC is empoyed by way of Ministerial Contract for Services to the Minister and to Chair the Indigenous Implementation Board.
(f) $427,600 budget has been allocated for the Board, including $96,000 fees for remuneration of members.
(g) $5,240 of the total budget has been expended to date.
(h) $855,200 over a period of two years from the commencement.
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(a) 13
(b - h)
Review of the Role of Cancer Nurse Coordinators
Commencement: November 2008
Completion: June 2009
Chair: Associate Professor Leanne Monterosso
Qualifications: PhD, B. Nursing (Hons), RN, RM, Neonatal Trained RN, Grad Cert Tertiary Teaching, FRANCA.
Employment Status and Position: Employed by Edith Cowan and Curtin University and the WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $70,487
Cost to date: Nil.
Expected final cost: $70,487
Review of National Health Service (NHS) model of addressing unplanned patient care
Commencement: 17 November 2008
Completion: 26 November 2008
Chair: Dr Robyn Lawrence
Qualifications: Degree in Medicine obtained at University of Western Australia, and Fellowship Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA)
Employment Status and Position: Executive Director, Innovation and Health System Reform, Western Australian Department of Health; and Executive sponsor for elective surgery and ambulatory care
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $89,017 (Note: This cost included airfares Perth/London, transport, and accommodation for the tour group of seven clinicians from WA Health)
Cost to date: $89, 017
Expected final cost: $89,017
Elective Wait List Advocate Committee
Commencement: 1 January 2009
Completion: Ongoing.
Chair:Professor Bryant Stokes
Qualifications: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (University of Western Australia 1959); Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1965); and Fellowship, The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Employment Status and Position: Consultant Neurosurgeon and Clinical Professor of Surgery at UWA; and Clinical lead of the neurosciences and senses network for WA Health
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $65,000.per annum
Cost to date: Nil.
Expected final cost: $65,000.per annum
SCGH Patient Property Working Party
Commencement: 15 December 2008
Completion: 30 June 2009 (expected)
Chair: Sandra Miller
Qualifications: Bachelor of Health Science (Health Information Management), Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science (Epidemiology and Biostatistics).
Employment Status and Position: Director of Safety, Quality & Performance at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: No budget specifically for this purpose
Cost to date: Not applicable
Expected final cost: Not applicable
Storage of selected Schedule 4 drug.
Commencement: Approx November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Not applicable.
Qualifications: Not applicable.
Employment Status and Position: Not applicable.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Not applicable.
Cost to date: Not applicable.
Expected final cost: Not applicable.
Administrative Review of the Cross Jurisdictional Data Linkage Program
Commencement: January 2009
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Professor David Roder
Qualifications: BDSc, MPH
Employment Status and Position: Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council of South Australia.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $19,500
Cost to date: $19,500
Expected final cost: $19,500
Technical Review of the Cross Jurisdictional Data Linkage Program
Commencement: January 2009
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Professor David Roder
Qualifications: BDSc, MPH
Employment Status and Position: Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council of South Australia.
Fees and total Costs Allocated: $19,855
Cost to date: $19,855
Expected final cost: $19,855
Chief Pharmacists' Forum, accountable to Operations Review Committee
Commencement: October 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Barry Jenkins
Qualifications: A registered pharmacist. Academic qualifications include: Bpharm, Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology.
Employment Status and Position: Chief Pharmacist, Royal Perth Hospital
Fees and total Costs Allocated: No specific fees or total costs allocated
Cost to date: No specific fees or total costs allocated
Expected final cost: No fees or costs allocated
Royal Perth Hospital Precinct Committee
Commencement: 28 November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Dr Philip Montgomery
Qualifications: MBBS; FRACMA
Employment Status and Position: Acting Director New Royal Perth Hospital Planning Unit
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Medical Imaging Data Management Group
Commencement: 25 November 2008
Completion: Ongoing
Chair: Dr Bill Macdonald
Qualifications: MBBS, MPH, FRACP
Employment Status and Position: Metropolitan Director of Imaging Services
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Aged Care Assessment Team Review Rockingham Peel Group
Commencement: December 2008
Completion: March 2009
Chair: Paul McEleny
Qualifications: Registered Nurse
Employment Status and Position: Acting Clinical Nurse Manager, Rockingham Hospital
Fees and total Costs Allocated: Nil
Cost to date: Nil
Expected final cost: Nil
Office of Health Review
(a) Nil.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) Not applicable.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.
Nurses and Midwives Board of Western Australia
(a) Nil
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) Nil
(g) Nil
(h) Nil
Department of Indigenous Affairs
(a) One.
(b) The Indigenous Implementation Board.
(c) The Board was established and publicly announced on 8 January 2009. The State Government intends that the Board will operate for an initial period of two years.
(d) The Board is chaired by Lt General (Rtd) John Sanderson AC.
(e) Lt General (Rtd) John Sanderson AC is empoyed by way of Ministerial Contract for Services to the Minister and to Chair the Indigenous Implementation Board.
(f) $427,600 budget has been allocated for the Board, including $96,000 fees for remuneration of members.
(g) $5,240 of the total budget has been expended to date.
(h) $855,200 over a period of two years from the commencement.
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