Question On Notice No. 411 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 November 2021 by Hon James Hayward
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the 2021 "Your Voice in Health Survey", and I ask:
(a) will the Minister table the "Your Voice in Health" 2021 report specifically relating to Albany Health Campus and the Great Southern region;
(b) will the Minister table the "Your Voice in Health" 2021 report specifically relating to Bunbury Regional Hospital;
(c) is the Minister concerned that only 33 percent of respondents indicated they felt safe to speak up and challenge the way things are done in their organisation; and
(d) has the Minister received correspondence from doctors and nurses expressing concerns about toxic workplace culture in Western Australian hosptials in the past four years?
Answered on 16 December 2021
I am advised:
(a)-(d) The Your Voice in Health survey was introduced by the Minister for Health in 2019 to provide a platform for employees to share their opinions about their workplace to ensure the WA health system is an employer of choice.
A WA Health system employee survey did not exist under the previous Government.
Comprehensive survey results for each annual survey, including a 111 page report for 2021, is publically available on the WA Health website, including aggregate results by Health Service Provider, including WA Country Health Service (WACHS).
Results by individual site level are not made publically available. WACHS contains many small sites where due to the small sample size data may inadvertently identify participants who have voluntarily participated in good faith in the process with assurances of their anonymity.