❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health on specific measures to retain health staff at King Edward Memorial Hospital, addressing concerns about a staffing crisis and workplace culture. The Minister responds with general strategies for attraction and retention, acknowledging workforce fatigue and promising opportunities for leave and professional development.
AnsweredQoN 223Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
KING EDWARD MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN — STAFF
223. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Further to putting out the call, what exact measures are the minister
undertaking to assist and incentivise health staff to prevent them from
leaving, which would result in a further worsening of the staffing crisis and
the culture within our health department?
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN — STAFF
223. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Further to putting out the call, what exact measures are the minister
undertaking to assist and incentivise health staff to prevent them from
leaving, which would result in a further worsening of the staffing crisis and
the culture within our health department?
AnswerView source ↗
As I hope the member will be aware,
any workforce strategy is about attraction and retention. We are doing a whole
range of measures to make sure that we maintain the Western Australian health system
as a great place for people to work and
practice their healthcare passion and career. We will continue to make sure
that we do that work. People right across the sector are tired at the
moment. We are seeing a level of fatigue right across our health workforce. We
are putting in measures so that we can continue to provide people with
opportunities to take leave, to make sure that they continue to have
opportunities for professional development and to ensure that Western Australia's
health system remains a great place to work.
any workforce strategy is about attraction and retention. We are doing a whole
range of measures to make sure that we maintain the Western Australian health system
as a great place for people to work and
practice their healthcare passion and career. We will continue to make sure
that we do that work. People right across the sector are tired at the
moment. We are seeing a level of fatigue right across our health workforce. We
are putting in measures so that we can continue to provide people with
opportunities to take leave, to make sure that they continue to have
opportunities for professional development and to ensure that Western Australia's
health system remains a great place to work.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.