❓ Hon Darren West questions the Minister for Health regarding the Department of Health's failure to publish quarterly performance reports since November 2015. The Minister responds that the reports were deemed redundant due to duplication with other public publications.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — QUARTERLY
PERFORMANCE REPORTS
457. Hon DARREN WEST to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the fact that the
minister's department has not published a quarterly performance report
since November 2015 and has failed to produce reports for the September to
December quarter and the January to March quarter.
(1) Why has the department failed to
publish these reports?
(2) When will the reports be made
public?
PERFORMANCE REPORTS
457. Hon DARREN WEST to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the fact that the
minister's department has not published a quarterly performance report
since November 2015 and has failed to produce reports for the September to
December quarter and the January to March quarter.
(1) Why has the department failed to
publish these reports?
(2) When will the reports be made
public?
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(1)–(2) In
May 2015, the Department of Health assessed the relevance of the WA Health
performance quarterly report in the context of other publicly available
information. All but one of the performance indicators in the report were
reported in other public publications. The only performance indicator not
reported publicly elsewhere was ''Clients attending GP after hours
clinics''. This performance indicator only reports the activity at WA
state-funded clinics and does not provide the complete picture of the activity
at all GP after-hours clinics. The former Minister for Health approved the
cessation of the publication of the report to reduce duplication of effort,
given the availability of the indicators in other reports.
WA Health's principal
mechanism for reporting on its performance to the WA Parliament and the public
remains the Department of Health and health services' annual reports.
Other information on performance is published via the Department of Health's
website.
May 2015, the Department of Health assessed the relevance of the WA Health
performance quarterly report in the context of other publicly available
information. All but one of the performance indicators in the report were
reported in other public publications. The only performance indicator not
reported publicly elsewhere was ''Clients attending GP after hours
clinics''. This performance indicator only reports the activity at WA
state-funded clinics and does not provide the complete picture of the activity
at all GP after-hours clinics. The former Minister for Health approved the
cessation of the publication of the report to reduce duplication of effort,
given the availability of the indicators in other reports.
WA Health's principal
mechanism for reporting on its performance to the WA Parliament and the public
remains the Department of Health and health services' annual reports.
Other information on performance is published via the Department of Health's
website.
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