❓ Mr. Marmion asks the Minister for Health about the timeline for tabling the findings of the 'stop-the-violence' summit and requests a commitment to increased funding to address assaults against health staff. The Minister acknowledges the issue and highlights existing and planned investments in security.
AnsweredQoN 705Legislative Assembly
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HEALTH STAFF —
ASSAULTS AGAINST
705. Mr W.R. MARMION to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. I am
encouraged by that response. I recognise it is a difficult problem. Can the minister advise the house when the findings of
the stop-the-violence summit will be tabled, and will he make a personal commitment
that there will be a substantial increase in funding to address this problem in
the midyear review?
ASSAULTS AGAINST
705. Mr W.R. MARMION to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. I am
encouraged by that response. I recognise it is a difficult problem. Can the minister advise the house when the findings of
the stop-the-violence summit will be tabled, and will he make a personal commitment
that there will be a substantial increase in funding to address this problem in
the midyear review?
AnswerView source ↗
Any attack, whether it is antisocial
behaviour or—perish the thought—a physical attack upon any of
our frontline health workers, is one attack too many. That is why we have taken
our spending on security, which is already a substantial commitment of
resources, and added an extra $5 million. As I said when we made that
announcement, this is simply a down payment. We will continue to do more work
to make sure that we put the necessary resources in place to protect our
doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff.
We
cannot stop all antisocial behaviour—some of it comes out of the blue;
some of it is just not able to be anticipated— but we can make
sure that we take pre-emptive measures to ensure that we have things in place.
I commit to the member to provide ongoing updates as we continue to build on
that work, extending from the summit in June.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
behaviour or—perish the thought—a physical attack upon any of
our frontline health workers, is one attack too many. That is why we have taken
our spending on security, which is already a substantial commitment of
resources, and added an extra $5 million. As I said when we made that
announcement, this is simply a down payment. We will continue to do more work
to make sure that we put the necessary resources in place to protect our
doctors, nurses, paramedics and other staff.
We
cannot stop all antisocial behaviour—some of it comes out of the blue;
some of it is just not able to be anticipated— but we can make
sure that we take pre-emptive measures to ensure that we have things in place.
I commit to the member to provide ongoing updates as we continue to build on
that work, extending from the summit in June.
The SPEAKER : That is the end
of question time.
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