❓ Mr Cook questions the Minister for Health regarding a potential failure of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's FOI unit to disclose information related to leaked morbidity and mortality rates. The Minister defends the FOI response and invites further evidence.
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SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL — MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES — LEAKED DOCUMENTS
I have a supplementary question. Is the minister therefore conducting a review into the freedom of information unit of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, which failed to produce any information or even reveal that documents were not there to be discovered? Dr K.D. HAMES
I have a supplementary question. Is the minister therefore conducting a review into the freedom of information unit of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, which failed to produce any information or even reveal that documents were not there to be discovered? Dr K.D. HAMES
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The response to me was that the FOI request did not seek the particular details that were leaked, and that the information provided was in accordance with the FOI request. If the member for Kwinana has some evidence to the contrary, I am happy to have another look at the matter. In fact, Dixie Marshall is quite welcome to come to me with any suggestions that questions have not been answered. My understanding is that even if the FOI request related to that specific meeting and those specific details, the information could not have been released because it included details about individual patients that could not be released under FOI provisions. The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: The response to me was that the FOI request did not seek the particular details that were leaked, and that the information provided was in accordance with the FOI request. If the member for Kwinana has some evidence to the contrary, I am happy to have another look at the matter. In fact, Dixie Marshall is quite welcome to come to me with any suggestions that questions have not been answered. My understanding is that even if the FOI request related to that specific meeting and those specific details, the information could not have been released because it included details about individual patients that could not be released under FOI provisions. The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
The response to me was that the FOI request did not seek the particular details that were leaked, and that the information provided was in accordance with the FOI request. If the member for Kwinana has some evidence to the contrary, I am happy to have another look at the matter. In fact, Dixie Marshall is quite welcome to come to me with any suggestions that questions have not been answered. My understanding is that even if the FOI request related to that specific meeting and those specific details, the information could not have been released because it included details about individual patients that could not be released under FOI provisions. The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: The response to me was that the FOI request did not seek the particular details that were leaked, and that the information provided was in accordance with the FOI request. If the member for Kwinana has some evidence to the contrary, I am happy to have another look at the matter. In fact, Dixie Marshall is quite welcome to come to me with any suggestions that questions have not been answered. My understanding is that even if the FOI request related to that specific meeting and those specific details, the information could not have been released because it included details about individual patients that could not be released under FOI provisions. The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
The response to me was that the FOI request did not seek the particular details that were leaked, and that the information provided was in accordance with the FOI request. If the member for Kwinana has some evidence to the contrary, I am happy to have another look at the matter. In fact, Dixie Marshall is quite welcome to come to me with any suggestions that questions have not been answered. My understanding is that even if the FOI request related to that specific meeting and those specific details, the information could not have been released because it included details about individual patients that could not be released under FOI provisions. The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
The SPEAKER : Before question time advances any further, I draw members’ attention to the presence in the Speaker’s gallery of a group of educational specialists from Beijing led by Mrs Zhou Xan. I welcome them to Western Australia and the Parliament of Western Australia.
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