❓ Hon Steve Martin questions the Minister for Health regarding the emergency department reform package and the associated ministerial task force, inquiring about its membership, meeting frequency, and performance indicators. The Minister provides details on the task force's composition, meeting history, and reliance on existing KPIs.
AnsweredQoN 841Legislative Council
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HOSPITALS — EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS —
MINISTERIAL TASK FORCE
841. Hon
STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for
Health:
I
refer to the government's emergency department reform package
introduced in May and the promise of the Minister for Health to lead a ministerial
task force to implement reforms.
(1) Who are the members of this
task force?
(2) How many times has the task
force met?
(3) Has the task force set KPIs to
measure progress, and —
(a) if yes, what are they and what is
the status of each;
(b) if no, why not; and
(c) if no, how will the task force
measure progress?
MINISTERIAL TASK FORCE
841. Hon
STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for
Health:
I
refer to the government's emergency department reform package
introduced in May and the promise of the Minister for Health to lead a ministerial
task force to implement reforms.
(1) Who are the members of this
task force?
(2) How many times has the task
force met?
(3) Has the task force set KPIs to
measure progress, and —
(a) if yes, what are they and what is
the status of each;
(b) if no, why not; and
(c) if no, how will the task force
measure progress?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer, which I provide on behalf of
the Leader of the House, has been provided to me by the Minister for Health.
(1) Ministerial
task force members are: chair, Amber-Jade Sanderson, Minister for Health;
director general, Department of Health; deputy director general, Department of
Health; acting assistant director general, Department of Health; board chair,
North Metropolitan Health Service; board chair, South Metropolitan Health
Service; board chair, East Metropolitan Health Service; assistant Under
Treasurer, strategic policy and evaluation; deputy director general, Department
of the Premier and Cabinet; and ministerial staff.
(2) The task force has met five
times.
(3) The task force regularly monitors existing KPIs
for emergency access, for which data is publicly available.
some notice of the question. The following answer, which I provide on behalf of
the Leader of the House, has been provided to me by the Minister for Health.
(1) Ministerial
task force members are: chair, Amber-Jade Sanderson, Minister for Health;
director general, Department of Health; deputy director general, Department of
Health; acting assistant director general, Department of Health; board chair,
North Metropolitan Health Service; board chair, South Metropolitan Health
Service; board chair, East Metropolitan Health Service; assistant Under
Treasurer, strategic policy and evaluation; deputy director general, Department
of the Premier and Cabinet; and ministerial staff.
(2) The task force has met five
times.
(3) The task force regularly monitors existing KPIs
for emergency access, for which data is publicly available.
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