❓ Ms Mettam questions the Health Department's monitoring of work-related stress in nurses, following up on a previous answer regarding stress leave. The response outlines shared responsibility and regular risk assessment under the WHS Act, but lacks specific details.
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I refer to former Health Minister Roger Cook's answer to Question On Notice 208, on 14 September 2021, which said that stress leave was not a category of leave for nurses working in the WA Public health sector, and I ask: (a) Does the Health Department have an obligation to monitor work-related stress levels within its nursing workforce; (b) What metrics are used by the health department to measure work-induced stress in its nursing workforce ; (c) What data is used to inform those metrics ; and (d) How often is that data collected?
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24 June 2025
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Minister for Health
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(a) The Department of Health and Health Service Providers (WA Health) have a shared responsibility for the health and safety of all staff under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 .
(b) WA Health undertakes regular assessment, monitoring and evaluation of workplace risks, implementing prevention and mitigation strategies where necessary.
(c) Identifying workplace health and safety risks is a shared responsibility between employees and the employer. All WA Health entities have dedicated safety and quality teams to monitor workplace health and safety risks when identified.
(d) WA Health entities regularly collate data consistent with obligations under the WHS Act.
(b) WA Health undertakes regular assessment, monitoring and evaluation of workplace risks, implementing prevention and mitigation strategies where necessary.
(c) Identifying workplace health and safety risks is a shared responsibility between employees and the employer. All WA Health entities have dedicated safety and quality teams to monitor workplace health and safety risks when identified.
(d) WA Health entities regularly collate data consistent with obligations under the WHS Act.
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