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.