Hon Linda Savage asks about the number of child health nurses splitting their time between the Best Beginnings service and the Enhanced Home Visiting Service. The answer clarifies that nine full-time equivalent nurses in the Perth metropolitan area divide their time equally between the two programs.

AnsweredQoN 5936Legislative Council
Asked
21 August 2012
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Health

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I refer to the Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations, Additional Questions of 18 June 2012, question (2) asked by me, and the partnership between the Department of Health and the Department of Child Protection offering the Best Beginnings service and ask, how many child health nurses employed by the Department of Health deliver the Best Beginnings service in 0.5 of their time and the Enhanced Home Visiting Service in the other 0.5?

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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
21 days
In the Perthmetropolitan Child and Adolescent Community Health Services area there are nine Child Health Nurse Full Time Equivalents working in the Best Beginnings and Enhanced Home Visiting Services. The Child Health Nurses spend approximately 0.5 of their time in the Best Beginnings Program and 0.5 in the Enhanced Home Visiting Service.
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