Hon Martin Pritchard asks about waiting times and funding for the Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS) in WA, specifically regarding newly arrived refugees in April and August 2016. The Minister was unable to provide an immediate answer and deferred to a later date.

AnsweredQoN 1206Legislative Council
Asked
20 October 2016
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

HUMANITARIAN ENTRANT HEALTH SERVICE
1206. Hon MARTIN PRITCHARD to the
minister representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to WA HealthXXX ###XXXs
humanitarian entrant health service.
(1) What was the
average waiting time for the initial HEHS appointment for newly arrived
refugees in April 2016?
(2) What was the
average waiting time for the initial HEHS appointment for newly arrived
refugees in August 2016?
(3) What was the number of newly
arrived refugees in April and August respectively?
(4) Does WA
Health have any plans to increase funding commensurate with the increase in
arrivals to cope with the increased wait times?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the
member for some notice of the question.
I am advised that the North
Metropolitan Health Service is unable to respond to the memberXXX ###XXXs
question within the allocated time frame; however, a response will be provided
by the next parliamentary sitting day, 8 November 2016.

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