❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Department of Health's expenditure on private consultants from 2013/14 to 2016/17, including costs and companies involved. The answer provides detailed financial breakdowns per year and consultant.
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(1) In regards to the use of private consultants by the Department of Health, I ask for each of the financial years 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16: (a) the total cost borne by the Department on private consultants; and (b) the list of companies providing private consulting services to the Department and their associated total cost? (2) In regards to the use of private consultants by the Department of Health, I ask for each of the remainder of the current financial year 2016/17: (a) the total projected cost borne by the Department on private consultants; and (b) the list of companies providing private consulting services to the Department and their projected total cost?
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Answered
20 June 2017
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
The Department of Health advises:
(1)(a) As per the Reports on Consultants Engaged by Government published by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in accordance with Premier’s Circular 2005/08, the total cost borne by the WA health system on private consultants in each of the financial years listed is as follows:
Financial Year
Total Cost
2013/14
$1,065,043.00
2014/15
$758,790.00
2015/16
$174,762.43
(b) The total cost for each financial year is comprised of the following costs per company listed:
Financial Year 2013/14
Consultant
Cost
CDJ Holman And Associates
$47,956.00
Ernst And Young
$409,513.00
KPMG
$368,500.00
Marella Health Consulting
$21,956.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$179,003.00
Prognosis Consulting Pty Ltd
$38,115.00
Financial Year 2014/15
Consultant
Cost
CDJ Holman And Associates
$47,956.00
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$79,803.00
Healthfix Consulting
$38,500.00
Marella Health Consulting
$87,824.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$48,400.00
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
$456,307.00
Financial Year 2015/16
Consultant
Cost
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$39,098.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$79,200.00
Purcell Consulting
$56,464.43
(2)(a) The total projected cost borne by the WA health system on private consultants for the 2016/17 financial year, in accordance with the definition of consultant provided in Premier’s Circular 2005/08 – Report on Consultants , is $1,574,158.
(b) The total projected cost for the 2016/17 is comprised of the following costs per company listed:
Consultant
Cost
Marella Health Consulting
$81,400.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$33,650.00
Ernst And Young
$815,781.00
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$643,327.00
(1)(a) As per the Reports on Consultants Engaged by Government published by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in accordance with Premier’s Circular 2005/08, the total cost borne by the WA health system on private consultants in each of the financial years listed is as follows:
Financial Year
Total Cost
2013/14
$1,065,043.00
2014/15
$758,790.00
2015/16
$174,762.43
(b) The total cost for each financial year is comprised of the following costs per company listed:
Financial Year 2013/14
Consultant
Cost
CDJ Holman And Associates
$47,956.00
Ernst And Young
$409,513.00
KPMG
$368,500.00
Marella Health Consulting
$21,956.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$179,003.00
Prognosis Consulting Pty Ltd
$38,115.00
Financial Year 2014/15
Consultant
Cost
CDJ Holman And Associates
$47,956.00
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$79,803.00
Healthfix Consulting
$38,500.00
Marella Health Consulting
$87,824.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$48,400.00
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
$456,307.00
Financial Year 2015/16
Consultant
Cost
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$39,098.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$79,200.00
Purcell Consulting
$56,464.43
(2)(a) The total projected cost borne by the WA health system on private consultants for the 2016/17 financial year, in accordance with the definition of consultant provided in Premier’s Circular 2005/08 – Report on Consultants , is $1,574,158.
(b) The total projected cost for the 2016/17 is comprised of the following costs per company listed:
Consultant
Cost
Marella Health Consulting
$81,400.00
Paxon Consulting Group Pty Ltd
$33,650.00
Ernst And Young
$815,781.00
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
$643,327.00
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