❓ The parliamentary question seeks information on graduate nurse positions in WA Health for 2015/16, budgeted positions for 2016-17 and forward estimates, and whether there's a ban on international nurse recruitment. The answer provides data for calendar years 2015 and 2016, clarifies the lack of specific forward estimates, and confirms no ban on international recruitment.
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How many graduate nurse positions has WA Health provided in the 2015/16 year, and how many graduate nurse positions has it budgeted to employ in the 2016-17 State budget, and in each of the forward estimate outyears: (a) is there currently a hold or ban in the international recruitment of nurse positions?
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Answered
20 September 2016
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
Graduate nurse positions are determined by the Health Service Providers (HSPs) on a calendar year basis and recruited via GradConnect. HSPs are currently identifying the number of graduate positions they will recruit in 2017.
There is no forward estimate specifically for graduate nurse positions. This ensures that HSPs can offer the most appropriate number of graduate nurse positions year to year.
Please refer to the table below for the number of nursing and midwifery graduate positions that were recruited to in WA Health in the calendar years 2015 and 2016. The variation in positions offered is evidence of the flexibility HSPs are afforded to offer the most appropriate number of positions to meet the needs of the HSP.
Table 1: Number* of nursing and midwifery graduate positions in WA Health
Graduate positions in WA Health**
Year
Registered Nurse
Enrolled Nurse
Midwife
2015***
567
73
50
2016***
496
68
54
*Numbers are headcount not FTE. Majority are full time.
**Excludes private providers.
***Graduates successfully appointed as indicated within the Recruitment, Advertising, Management System (RAMS) platform.
(a) WA Health does not have a hold or ban on the international recruitment of nurse positions.
There is no forward estimate specifically for graduate nurse positions. This ensures that HSPs can offer the most appropriate number of graduate nurse positions year to year.
Please refer to the table below for the number of nursing and midwifery graduate positions that were recruited to in WA Health in the calendar years 2015 and 2016. The variation in positions offered is evidence of the flexibility HSPs are afforded to offer the most appropriate number of positions to meet the needs of the HSP.
Table 1: Number* of nursing and midwifery graduate positions in WA Health
Graduate positions in WA Health**
Year
Registered Nurse
Enrolled Nurse
Midwife
2015***
567
73
50
2016***
496
68
54
*Numbers are headcount not FTE. Majority are full time.
**Excludes private providers.
***Graduates successfully appointed as indicated within the Recruitment, Advertising, Management System (RAMS) platform.
(a) WA Health does not have a hold or ban on the international recruitment of nurse positions.
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