❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Minister for Health regarding the Belong recruitment campaign for nurses and midwives, seeking data on recruitment numbers and incentives offered. The Minister deferred answering due to time constraints.
AnsweredQoN 145Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
NURSES AND MIDWIVES — RECRUITMENT
145. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the media statement
issued on 20 February regarding the second stage of the Belong recruitment
campaign for nurses and midwives.
(1) Has a review
been completed into the first stage of the Belong campaign; and, if so, can the
minister please table this review?
(2) For each of the following categories, how many
recruitments were made as a result of the Belong campaign —
(a) international nurses;
(b) interstate nurses;
(c) international midwives; and
(d) interstate midwives?
(3) What incentives is the state
government offering to recruit former nurses and midwives?
145. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the media statement
issued on 20 February regarding the second stage of the Belong recruitment
campaign for nurses and midwives.
(1) Has a review
been completed into the first stage of the Belong campaign; and, if so, can the
minister please table this review?
(2) For each of the following categories, how many
recruitments were made as a result of the Belong campaign —
(a) international nurses;
(b) interstate nurses;
(c) international midwives; and
(d) interstate midwives?
(3) What incentives is the state
government offering to recruit former nurses and midwives?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1)–(3) The
question asks for a breakdown of data and cannot be answered in the time
provided. The member should place his question on notice. Since 2017, WA Health
has added over 3 300 nursing FTE, over 1 200 medical FTE and over 1 400 allied
health FTE.
of the question.
(1)–(3) The
question asks for a breakdown of data and cannot be answered in the time
provided. The member should place his question on notice. Since 2017, WA Health
has added over 3 300 nursing FTE, over 1 200 medical FTE and over 1 400 allied
health FTE.
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