❓ Hon Adele Farina asks the Minister for Health to detail the Public Sector Workforce Reform and its impact on service delivery. The Minister responds that the reforms, including salary caps and voluntary severance, are not expected to impact health service delivery due to activity-based funding.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 130 "Spending Changes", line item "Public Sector Workforce Reform", and ask the Minister to detail the reforms and how the reforms will impact service delivery?
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Answered
3 December 2013
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
33 days
Public Sector Workforce Reform comprises the following measures:
· A cap on growth in general government agencies' salaries expenditure equal to projected growth in the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
· A new public sector wages policy that caps wage and conditions increases to projected growth in the CPI;
· A voluntary severance scheme targeting 1,000 positions across the general government sector; and proposed enhanced redeployment arrangements, subject to legislative amendments, to provide for involuntary redundancy as a measure of last resort.
The reforms are not expected to impact on health service delivery. Under activity based funding (ABF) budget settings for health service delivery are determined with reference to projected growth in health activity and the projected average cost as determined by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
· A cap on growth in general government agencies' salaries expenditure equal to projected growth in the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
· A new public sector wages policy that caps wage and conditions increases to projected growth in the CPI;
· A voluntary severance scheme targeting 1,000 positions across the general government sector; and proposed enhanced redeployment arrangements, subject to legislative amendments, to provide for involuntary redundancy as a measure of last resort.
The reforms are not expected to impact on health service delivery. Under activity based funding (ABF) budget settings for health service delivery are determined with reference to projected growth in health activity and the projected average cost as determined by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
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