Question On Notice No. 3253 asked in the Legislative Council on 8 October 2020 by Hon Colin Tincknell
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
(1) In relation to the WA Country Health Service I ask, in each of the financial years 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, how many of each of the following (FTE) were employed by the WA Country Health Service
:
(a) speech pathologists;
(b) occupational therapists;
(c) physiotherapists;
(d) clinical psychologists; and
(e) social workers were employed in Child Protection Services?
(2) In relation to (1)(a) to (e), please provide a region-by-region breakdown of where these positions were located?
Answered on 5 November 2020
(1)(a) & (2)
| |
Financial Year
|
|
Region
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
Goldfields
|
3.43
|
3.48
|
5.07
|
5.07
|
|
Great Southern
|
8.11
|
8.61
|
9.16
|
9.32
|
|
Kimberley
|
6.88
|
7.56
|
8.00
|
9.28
|
|
Midwest
|
10.00
|
10.01
|
10.27
|
10.21
|
|
Pilbara
|
7.67
|
8.56
|
6.90
|
6.87
|
|
South West
|
15.01
|
17.47
|
17.53
|
17.95
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
10.36
|
9.60
|
9.48
|
9.77
|
|
Total FTE
|
61.45
|
65.29
|
66.41
|
68.47
|
Notes
1. The Year-to-date (YTD) FTE has been sourced from payroll data for the last four financial years.
2. The FTE data scope is specific to salaried employees.
3. Speech Pathology professions are identified by the HSU-P level classification within the payroll data.
4. Excludes position titles that do not contain key words "Speech Pathologist".
(1)(b) & (2)
| |
Financial Year
|
|
Region
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
Goldfields
|
6.04
|
5.45
|
7.96
|
8.33
|
|
Great Southern
|
16.19
|
17.37
|
16.67
|
18.51
|
|
Kimberley
|
9.65
|
10.84
|
10.21
|
9.65
|
|
Midwest
|
14.82
|
16.40
|
17.40
|
18.75
|
|
Pilbara
|
8.93
|
8.44
|
8.60
|
7.99
|
|
South West
|
28.14
|
26.83
|
29.20
|
29.01
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
12.24
|
11.44
|
13.14
|
13.28
|
|
Total FTE
|
96.02
|
96.77
|
103.19
|
105.52
|
Notes
1. The Year-to-date (YTD) FTE has been sourced from payroll data for the last four financial years.
2. The FTE data scope is specific to salaried employees in regulated Allied Health professions requiring AHPRA registration.
3. Regulated Allied Health professions are identified by the HSU-P level classification within the payroll data.
4. Excludes position titles that do not contain key words "Occupational Therapists".
(1)(c) & (2)
| |
Financial Year
|
|
Region
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
Goldfields
|
8.04
|
6.60
|
9.06
|
9.56
|
|
Great Southern
|
13.88
|
16.05
|
17.35
|
17.99
|
|
Kimberley
|
9.41
|
8.66
|
8.75
|
9.43
|
|
Midwest
|
15.49
|
17.17
|
16.27
|
18.09
|
|
Pilbara
|
9.55
|
9.84
|
9.21
|
10.13
|
|
South West
|
24.07
|
25.87
|
29.76
|
29.48
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
9.88
|
10.89
|
10.29
|
11.06
|
|
Total FTE
|
90.31
|
95.09
|
100.69
|
105.74
|
Notes
1. The Year-to-date (YTD) FTE has been sourced from payroll data for the last four financial years.
2. The FTE data scope is specific to salaried employees in regulated Allied Health professions requiring AHPRA registration.
3. Regulated Allied Health professions are identified by the HSU-P level classification within the payroll data.
4. Excludes position titles that do not contain key word "physiotherapists".
(1)(d) & (2)
| |
Financial Year
|
|
Region
|
2016/17
|
2017/18
|
2018/19
|
2019/20
|
|
Goldfields
|
0.45
|
0.00
|
0.25
|
1.00
|
|
Great Southern
|
2.07
|
1.23
|
1.38
|
1.43
|
|
Kimberley
|
0.26
|
0.42
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Midwest
|
0.50
|
0.57
|
0.65
|
0.96
|
|
South West
|
2.54
|
2.80
|
2.78
|
2.49
|
|
Wheatbelt
|
0.75
|
1.56
|
2.06
|
1.68
|
|
Total FTE
|
6.57
|
6.59
|
7.12
|
7.56
|
Notes
1. The Year-to-date (YTD) FTE has been sourced from payroll data for the last four financial years.
2. The FTE data scope is specific to salaried employees in regulated Allied Health professions requiring AHPRA registration.
3. The Clinical Psychologist professions are identified by HSU-P and HSU-G level classification within the payroll data.
4. Excludes position titles that do not contain key word "psychologists".
(1)(e) & (2) The WA County Health Services (WACHS) does not employ Social Workers in designated Child Protection Services. Social workers have a broad health role across WACHS, which does include screening and referral for children requiring child protection services. Child protection service social workers are employed by the Department of Communities.