HEALTH WORKER
(RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS) DIRECTIONS
954. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the Health Worker
(Restrictions on Access) Directions and publicly employed healthcare workers.
(1) How many
healthcare workers have been excluded from a tier 1 healthcare facility in
compliance with the directions?
(2) How many
healthcare workers have been excluded from a tier 2 healthcare facility in
compliance with the directions?
(3) How many
healthcare workers continue to access a tier 1 or tier 2 healthcare facility in
contravention of the directions?
(4) How many healthcare workers
have been terminated or resigned arising from the directions?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
It
is not possible to provide the requested information in the time required and I
therefore ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.
Hon Martin Aldridge: How
would you not know that?
Hon Stephen Dawson: How
would I know it? I'm the Minister for Mental Health, for goodness sake!
The PRESIDENT: Order!
Hon Martin Aldridge: It's
your answer.
Hon Stephen Dawson: Don't
be silly! Seriously.
The PRESIDENT: Order!