Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health regarding clinicians' concerns at Fiona Stanley Hospital, specifically addressing staff shortages and the Premier's characterization of concerned doctors. The Minister deflects the question, suggesting it's a different issue and clinicians should follow proper management channels.

AnsweredQoN 5Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 February 2016
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FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL — CLINICIANS'
COMMENTS — CRISIS MEETING
5. Mr R.H. COOK to the Minister for
Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Minister, are these doctors, as the Premier says, whingers and grizzlers , or are they simply reacting to comments made
today by the chief executive officer of the South Metropolitan Health Service
that staff shortages—one of the other issues that the minister failed
to mention—are a consequence of the ministerXXX ###XXXs
job freeze?

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Mr Speaker, in a supplementary
question the member has raised a totally different issue. If he wants to ask me
another question on that, I am more than happy to answer it.
In answer to the first part of the
question, there is a clear, responsible way for those clinicians to be heard.
The vast majority of them have an opportunity on any single day. As I said, a
group came to my office and discussed the issue with me and, in my view, they
should follow the proper course of management.

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