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❓ Hon Neil Thomson's question seeks data on nurse employment (commencements and cessations) within the WA health system from April to October 2022. The response provides aggregate WA Health employee commencement and cessation figures, noting limitations in tracking internal transfers.

AnsweredQoN 1112Legislative Council

Asked

16 November 2022

Member

Hon Neil Thomson

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For each month from April 1 2022 to October to date, I ask: (a) how many registered and enrolled nurses ceased employment within the Western Australian health system; and (b) how many registered and enrolled nurses commenced employment within the Western Australian health system?

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Answered

23 February 2023

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health

Response time

13 days

(a) – (b) The following data represents total employees ceased at WA Health. Employees cease for a number of reasons including resignation, termination or retirement. This data does not capture employees that resign and are then re-employed by other Health Service Providers.
Month-Year
Commenced
Ceased
Apr-22
409
182
May-22
380
212
June-22
331
160
July-22
387
231
Aug-22
862
228
Sep-22
335
150
Oct-22
347
42

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