Ms. Mettam (Liberal) questions the WA Health Department on the number of registered and enrolled nurses resigning between 2017-2021, broken down by full-time and part-time status. The answer reveals resignation numbers and a breakdown of full-time vs part-time, but includes caveats due to legacy HR systems.

AnsweredQoN 207Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 August 2021
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(1) How many registered and enrolled nurses resigned from the Western Australian Department of Health for each of the following years: (a) 2017-2018; (b) 2018-2019; (c) 2019-2020; and (d) 2020-2021? (2) For each of the years, how many of the nurses were: (a) Full-time employees; and (b) Part-time employees?

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Answered
14 September 2021
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
I am advised:
(1) (a) – (d)
FINANCIAL YEAR
Total Number of RNs
and ENs where Reason Code for Leaving WA health was Resigning from Position
2015-2016
3287
2016-2017
1744
2017-2018
1736
2018-2019
1777
2019-2020
1668
2020-2021
2216
(2) (a) – (b)
FINANCIAL YEAR
Full-time
Part-time
2015-2016
1034
2248
2016-2017
518
1201
2017-2018
400
1292
2018-2019
358
1408
2019-2020
355
1271
2020-2021
421
1795
CAVEATS
Due to the legacy HR systems used by WA health, a number of caveats apply to the information that has been provided including:

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