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❓ Question regarding the date the Minister for Health was informed about the receipt of a cancer services report from Christobel Saunders. The Minister clarifies who informed them and when, noting it was a draft report.

AnsweredQoN 4531Legislative Assembly

Asked

10 September 2015

Member

Mr W.J. Johnston

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to your comments in the Parliament on 8 September 2015 that you understand that the Director General of Health had received the report from Christobel Saunders that you asked to be prepared on cancer services sometime in July 2015 and I ask: (a) who told you that this had happened; and (b) when were you told that this had happened?

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Answered

13 October 2015

Responded by

Minister for Health

Response time

33 days

(a) The then Acting Director General (A/DG) of the Department of Health (DoH) advised me that he had received a draft report from the Chair of the WA Cancer Care Taskforce (the Taskforce), Professor Christobel Saunders.
(b) The A/DG advised me verbally (approximately in late June) that he had received a draft report from Professor Saunders but that an action plan with staff needed to be developed in consultation with Professor Saunders and relevant staff, following which time the report would be sent to me with a complete package of information.

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