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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed staffing and overtime data for nursing and medical staff across all WA Country Health Service facilities. The response indicates the request is too resource-intensive to fulfill.

AnsweredQoN 554Legislative Council

Asked

22 February 2022

Member

Hon Martin Aldridge

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Health

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For each regional hospital operated by WA Country Health Service please provide the following for the months of November, December and January : (a) for each month, what was the total number of overtime hours worked by nursing staff; (b) for each month, what was the total number of agency nursing hours undertaken; (c) for each hospital, please identify the longest continuous shift undertaken between 1 November 2021 - 31 January 2022; (d) what is the approved FTE staffing level for nursing staff at each hospital; (e) what is the current FTE staffing level for nursing staff at each hospital; (f) what is the approved FTE staffing level for doctors at each hospital; (g) what is the current permanent FTE staffing level for doctors at each hospital; and (h) for each hospital, please provide a breakdown of the total number of resignations, by job title, each month?

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Answered

22 March 2022

Responded by

Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health

Response time

6 days

The WA Country Health Service operates 6 large regional health campuses, 15 district health campuses and 46 small hospitals, as well as supporting a further 43 health centres and nursing posts, employs over 11,000 staff. An answer to the question as stated cannot be provided because substantial resources would be diverted from delivering core business of the Agency.

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