Hon Martin Aldridge asks the Minister for Health about public nursing and midwifery vacancies in regional WA, the rationale behind supporting 350 nurses/midwives through the HECS program, the definition of 'newly qualified', and priority locations for the incentive. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice.

AnsweredQoN 622Legislative Council
Asked
14 June 2023
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

NURSES AND MIDWIVES — RECRUITMENT
622. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the minister's media statement issued on 8 May 2023 titled ''HECS
help to grow WA's healthcare workforce''.
(1) How many
public nursing and midwifery vacancies exist by FTE in regional WA?
(2) How did
the government arrive at 350 as being an appropriate number of nurses and
midwives to support through this program?
(3) How is the
state government defining ''newly qualified'' nurses and
midwives?
(4) Please
identify the priority locations to which the incentive will apply?

AnswerView source ↗

I answer on behalf of the Leader of
the House. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following
response has been provided by the Minister for Health.
To allow for a fulsome
and accurate response, I request the member place their question on notice.

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