❓ Hon. Adele Farina asks about speech pathology services at Bunbury community health, including staffing, hours, waitlist numbers and service delivery. The Minister provides specific data on these aspects.
AnsweredQoN 1044Legislative Council
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SPEECH
PATHOLOGISTS — BUNBURY
1044. Hon ADELE FARINA to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the minister's answer to my question on
notice 3205 concerning speech pathologist services, and my question is about
Bunbury community health, Hudson Road.
(1) How many
speech pathologists by full-time equivalents and headcount work at the centre?
(2) What is the
total number of speech pathologist hours provided at the centre per week?
(3) How many children are on the
waitlist?
(4) What is the
longest and shortest wait time to access speech pathology services at the
centre?
(5) How many
children have received speech pathology services at the centre in 2015 to date?
PATHOLOGISTS — BUNBURY
1044. Hon ADELE FARINA to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the minister's answer to my question on
notice 3205 concerning speech pathologist services, and my question is about
Bunbury community health, Hudson Road.
(1) How many
speech pathologists by full-time equivalents and headcount work at the centre?
(2) What is the
total number of speech pathologist hours provided at the centre per week?
(3) How many children are on the
waitlist?
(4) What is the
longest and shortest wait time to access speech pathology services at the
centre?
(5) How many
children have received speech pathology services at the centre in 2015 to date?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) There are 5.55 full-time equivalents and nine headcount.
(2) There are
210.9 hours of speech pathology provided per week by the speech pathologists
based at Bunbury community health, Hudson Road. These are provided across a
range of Bunbury–Harvey locations, including schools, Riverlinks Child
Care and Community Centre Inc, Harvey Hospital, clients' homes and the
Child and Parent Centre Carey Park.
(3) There are 33 children on the waitlist.
(4) The
longest wait time is four months; the shortest wait time is one to two days.
(5) For the
period 1 January 2015 to 22 September 2015, 839 children have received speech
pathology services at Bunbury community health, Hudson Road and via providers
contracted to Bunbury community health, Hudson Road for speech pathology
services.
(1) There are 5.55 full-time equivalents and nine headcount.
(2) There are
210.9 hours of speech pathology provided per week by the speech pathologists
based at Bunbury community health, Hudson Road. These are provided across a
range of Bunbury–Harvey locations, including schools, Riverlinks Child
Care and Community Centre Inc, Harvey Hospital, clients' homes and the
Child and Parent Centre Carey Park.
(3) There are 33 children on the waitlist.
(4) The
longest wait time is four months; the shortest wait time is one to two days.
(5) For the
period 1 January 2015 to 22 September 2015, 839 children have received speech
pathology services at Bunbury community health, Hudson Road and via providers
contracted to Bunbury community health, Hudson Road for speech pathology
services.
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