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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 886 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 October 2018 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

NORTH METROPOLITAN HEALTH SERVICE — 2018–19 BUDGET

886. Hon PETER COLLIER to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:

(1) What are the 2018–19 targets for the North Metropolitan Health Service for —

(a) total cost of service;

(b) net cost of service;

(c) total equity;

(d) net increase/equity in cash held; and

(e) approved salary expense?

(2) Why was the 2017–18 actual for approved salary expense at the North Metropolitan Health Service $99 million higher than target?

Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I am advised as follows.

(1) The 2018–19 targets for the North Metropolitan Health Service are in table form, so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted.

The following material was incorporated —

(1) The 2018-19 targets for the North Metropolitan Health Service (in $'000):

(a) Total Cost of Service� $2,148,460

(b) Net Cost of Service� $1,185,121

(c) Total Equity� $1,881,882

(d) Net increase/equity in cash held $4,885

(e) Approved salary expense $1,161,027

 

(2) At the time of the S40 annual estimate being submitted, the targeted salary expense was offset by PathWest recoveries of $41 million. The actual salary expense does not include that $41 million offset. There were other salary expenses that were not known at the time of the estimate submission and were not part of the target—namely, actuarial adjustments of $14.5 million, voluntary severance scheme payments of $6.3 million, and additional salaries relating to commonwealth programs added during the year of $3.6 million. The net impact of other minor items account for the remaining variance.