❓ Dr. Honey's question seeks data on doctor on-call arrangements and costs in WA public hospitals for 2022-23, with the Minister providing most of the requested information.
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Could the Minister provide following information for public hospitals for the 2022-23 year: (a) total number of doctors paid to be on call for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas; (b) total cost of on call payments to doctors; (c) average daily number of on call doctors for metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals; and (d) total number of occasions that doctors were called in during the year for metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals?
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Answered
7 August 2024
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
3 days
(a) 5,998 doctors for metropolitan areas and 629 doctors for non-metropolitan areas.
(b) $55,350,375.
(c) Data on averages is not available at a daily basis.
(d) 67,384 occasions for metropolitan hospitals and 12,328 for non-metropolitan hospitals.
(b) $55,350,375.
(c) Data on averages is not available at a daily basis.
(d) 67,384 occasions for metropolitan hospitals and 12,328 for non-metropolitan hospitals.
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