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Use of Visiting Medical Practitioners in the WA Public Hospital System

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

26 Sep 2001

Deadline for submissions:

02 Nov 2001

Date Ended:

05 Dec 2002

Committee

Public Accounts Committee (2001 - 2005)

House:

Legislative Assembly

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

That the Public Accounts Committee examine and report on the use of visiting medical practitioners (VMPs) for the provision of medical services in the Western Australian public hospital system, with particular reference to the:

1.	use of VMPs in the public hospital system;
2.	terms and conditions of engagement of VMPs; and
3.	compliance and accountability within an output based management framework.

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Assembly Committee Rooms, Level 2, 2 Parliament Place, West Perth

Date	Time	Venue	Organisation	Witness	Broadcast	Video
10 Jun 2002	09:30 AM	Legislative Assembly Committee Office, 1/11 Harvest Terrace West Perth	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	Mr Craig Bennett and Dr Mark Platell
10 Jun 2002	11:00 AM	Legislative Assembly Committee Office, 1/11 Harvest Terrace West Perth	Royal Perth Hospital	Dr Philip Montgomery
10 Jun 2002	01:00 PM	Legislative Assembly Committee Office, 1/11 Harvest Terrace West Perth	Fremantle Hospital	Mr John Burns and Dr Shane Kelly
15 Apr 2002	03:00 PM	Legislative Assembly Committee Section, 1/11 Harvest Terrace West Perth	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	Mr Kingsley Faulkner
12 Jun 2002	09:30 AM	Legislative Assembly Committee Office, 1/11 Harvest Terrace, West Perth	member of the public	Dr Barry Mendelawitz

Related Transcripts of Evidence:

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Evidence by.. Professor Bryant Stokes (Acting Commissioner of Health, Department of Health); Mr Michael Harris Moodie (Executive General Manager, Finance and Infrastructure, Department of Health); Mr Julian Henderson (General Manager, Executive Services Division, Department of Health) on 29 Aug 2001

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Evidence by.. Mrs Helen Margaret Morton (General Manager, Armadale Health Service), Mr John Herbert Dowling (Manager, Business Services, Armadale Health Service) on 5 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Philip Aylward (General Manager, Swan and Kalamunda Health Services,) on 5 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Steven Roy Marshall (Acting General Manager, North Metropolitan Health Service, Osborne Park Hospital); Mr Ronald Shand (Manager, Financial Services, North Metropolitan Health Services, Osborne Park Hospital) on 5 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Professor Bryant Stokes (Acting Commissioner of Health, Department of Health), Mr Colin Peter Xanthis (Acting General Manager, Office of Aboriginal Health, Department of Health), Mr Brian James Troy, (General Manager, Health Workforce, Department of Health), Mr Peter Richard Bartlett (Project Manager, Department of Health) on 5 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Andrew John Waters (Executive Officer, Kimberley Divison of General Practice) on 19 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr David Jonathon Russell-Weisz (Director of Medical Services, North West Health Services), Mr Ian Trevor Smith (General Manager, Kimberley Health Service), Dr Lindsay David Adams (Paediatrician, Kimberley Health Service) on 19 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Ms Bronwen Claire Scott (General Manager, Midwest Health Service), Mr Allan Gordon Putland (Deputy Chair, Midwest Health Service District Clinic Council), Mr Brian Christopher Chinnery (Operational Support Manager, Midwest Health Service) on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mrs Elizabeth Annette Anderson (Director of Nursing, Geraldton Health Service), Mr Alan Morton Glover (Manager, Finance and Support Services, Geraldton Health Service), Mr Kim Snowball (General Manager, Geraldton Health Service on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Dermot Buckley (Project Officer, Men’s Health Inc) on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Terence Gerard Brennan (Operations Manager, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service) on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr John Geoffrey Pollard (General Practitioner, University Medical Practice), Mr Paul Flanagan (Visiting Medical Officer and Surgeon) on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Ms Jayne Sarah Reid (Union Official, Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union) on 20 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Trevor Canning (General Manager, Northern Goldfields Health Service) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Charles Nadin (Medical Practitioner) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Ian Skinner (Orthopaedic Surgeon) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Keith Arnold McCallum (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Christine Jeffries-Stokes (Paediatrician) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Michael McGushin (Medical Practitioner) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Ms Christine Bolvig (Executive Support and Compliance Officer, City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder) on 21 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Mark Zafir (General Practitioner), Mr Stan Wisniewski (Urologist, College of Surgeons), Dr Ian Leggett (General Practitioner, Southern Region Medical Group), Dr Leanne Abas (General Practitioner, Albany Clinical Society), Dr John Treanor (Surgeon), Dr David Tadj (General Practitioner, North Road Family Practice), Dr Lorraine Rae Spurgeon (General Practitioner, Visiting Medical Officer), Dr Darcy Peter Smith (General Practitioner, Albany Clinical Society), Dr John Lindsey (Physician) on 22 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Miss Katherine Ivey (Health Information Manager, Lower Great Southern Health Service), Mr Douglas Alistair Gilchrist (Director of Nursing, Lower Great Southern Health Service), Mr Keith John Symes (General Manager, Lower Great Southern Health Service), Mr Paul Williams (Finance Officer, Lower Great Southern Health Service) on 22 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Joe Maurice Lubich (Doctor, Southern Regional Medical Group, Member of the Medical Board of Western Australia on 22 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Ian Wesley Wilson (Councillor, City of Albany), Mr Andrew Hammond, (Chief Executive Officer, City of Albany), Professor John Maloney (Executive Chairman, Consulting International Partnerships), Mr Dennis William Wellington (Business Proprietor, Albany Health Action Group) on 22 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Alistair Holmes on 22 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Luigi Angelo Tuia (Chairman, Bunbury Health Service Board) on 23 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Ms Linley Anne Donaldson (General Manager, Bunbury Health Service), Dr Jonathon Bruce Mulligan (Director, Medical Services, South West Health Services) on 23 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Noel Stephen Carlin on 23 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Robert Baden Jarvis (Treasurer, Rural Doctors Association of Western Australia) on 23 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Ronald Charles Jewell (Specialist Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Visiting Medical Officer) on 23 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Alan Bansemer on 28 Nov 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Edward Pedlow (President, Rural Doctors' Association of Western Australia), Dr Andries van Ballegooyen (Rural General Practitioner) on 10 Dec 2001

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Evidence by.. Mr Peter Jennings (Deputy Executive Director, AMAWA), Mr Paul Boyatzis (Executive Director, Australian Medical Association), Dr Simon Towler (Medical Practitioner), Dr Warwick Ruse (Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Bentley Area Health Service) on 10 Dec 2001

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Evidence by.. Dr Gary Hastwell (Obstetrician/Gynaecologist) on 20 Feb 2002

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Evidence by.. Mr Graeme Clarke (General Surgeon) on 13 Mar 2002

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Evidence by.. Professor Louis Landau on 10 Apr 2002

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Evidence by.. Mr Philip Fisher on 15 Apr 2002

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Evidence by.. Mr Kingsley Faulkner on 15 Apr 2002

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Evidence by.. Mr Robert James Aitken (Consultant Surgeon, University of WA) on 22 May 2002

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Evidence by.. Dr Shane Patrick Kelly (Executive Director, Medical Services, Fremantle Hospital and Health Service), Mr John Burns (Health Executive, Fremantle Hospital and Health Service) on 10 Jun 2002

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Evidence by.. Dr Philip Donald Montgomery (Acting Director Clinical Services, Royal Perth Hospital) on 10 Jun 2002

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Evidence by.. Mr Craig Bennett (Chief Executive, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital), Dr Mark Platell (Acting Executive Director Medical Services, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital) on 10 Jun 2002

Members conducting inquiry

Members:

Mr John Biase D'Orazio MLA
Hon. Montague (Monty) Grant House MLA
Mr John Leslie Bradshaw MLA
Mr Anthony (Tony) James Dean MLA
Mr Martin Paul Whitely MLA

Staff Members:

Ms Andrea McCallum, BA, B Juris, LL B, LL M (Principal Research Officer)