❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Health Minister regarding the number of double shifts worked by nurses and midwives in WA Health during July and August 2023. The answer provides the requested data and references the relevant industrial agreement.
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I refer to the practice of double shifts being undertaken by Western Australian nurses and midwives, across the WA health system and I ask: (a) How many nurses undertook a double shift in August 2023; and (b) How many nurses undertook a double shift in July 2023?
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Answered
15 November 2023
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
11 days
(a)-(b)
Nurses and Midwives
Months
July 2023
August 2023
Double shifts
752
712
Headcount 1
621
605
A double shift occurs when an employee works two consecutive standard working hour shifts, with a break between the two shifts.
Consistent with the WA Health Australian Nursing Federation - Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) And Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2020. The hours worked in any one day will be a maximum of eight hours for a standard shift, unless an agreement to vary the hours and roster has been made in accordance with Clause 28 – Flexibility in Hours and Rostering of the above Agreement.
Nurses and Midwives
Months
July 2023
August 2023
Double shifts
752
712
Headcount 1
621
605
A double shift occurs when an employee works two consecutive standard working hour shifts, with a break between the two shifts.
Consistent with the WA Health Australian Nursing Federation - Registered Nurses, Midwives, Enrolled (Mental Health) And Enrolled (Mothercraft) Nurses - Industrial Agreement 2020. The hours worked in any one day will be a maximum of eight hours for a standard shift, unless an agreement to vary the hours and roster has been made in accordance with Clause 28 – Flexibility in Hours and Rostering of the above Agreement.
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