❓ Ms. Mettam questions the delay in releasing the 'Your Safety in Our Hands in Hospital' report. Minister Sanderson responds, citing departmental responsibility and criticising the opposition's use of released health data, particularly Hon. Nick Goiran's actions regarding vaccination data and personal medical information.
AnsweredQoN 214Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
YOUR SAFETY IN OUR
HANDS IN HOSPITAL REPORT —
RELEASE
214. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. The
minister has been sitting on this report for about five months. When will it be
released?
HANDS IN HOSPITAL REPORT —
RELEASE
214. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. The
minister has been sitting on this report for about five months. When will it be
released?
AnswerView source ↗
When
the Department of Health releases it. It has had the feedback. The report has
been through my office. We have given our feedback, and it is up to the good
people in the Department of Health to publish it. It is not true that I have been
''sitting'' on the report. We received it, we provided feedback
and then it was in the hands of the department.
Let us look at how the opposition
uses information that it gets from the Department of Health. Let us look at how
the opposition uses information that the department has released. As soon as
the vaccine safety report was released by the department, a friend of the
Leader of the Liberal Party and member of the Liberal Party Hon Nick Goiran got
his hands on it and used it to undermine our incredibly successful vaccination
campaign. That is how he uses information.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON : That is how
he uses information.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON : Undermining —
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms
A. SANDERSON : I say again: that
information has to be very carefully managed to protect people from egregious deep dives into data to expose their personal
details. Again, Hon Nick Goiran has
sought the personal medical information of women seeking late-term abortions
and their doctors, to the point that he was mentioned in the annual report from
the Information Commissioner. That is completely inappropriate. Information
needs to protect patients.
the Department of Health releases it. It has had the feedback. The report has
been through my office. We have given our feedback, and it is up to the good
people in the Department of Health to publish it. It is not true that I have been
''sitting'' on the report. We received it, we provided feedback
and then it was in the hands of the department.
Let us look at how the opposition
uses information that it gets from the Department of Health. Let us look at how
the opposition uses information that the department has released. As soon as
the vaccine safety report was released by the department, a friend of the
Leader of the Liberal Party and member of the Liberal Party Hon Nick Goiran got
his hands on it and used it to undermine our incredibly successful vaccination
campaign. That is how he uses information.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON : That is how
he uses information.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON : Undermining —
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Ms
A. SANDERSON : I say again: that
information has to be very carefully managed to protect people from egregious deep dives into data to expose their personal
details. Again, Hon Nick Goiran has
sought the personal medical information of women seeking late-term abortions
and their doctors, to the point that he was mentioned in the annual report from
the Information Commissioner. That is completely inappropriate. Information
needs to protect patients.
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