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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 39 asked in the Legislative Council on 5 May 2021 by Hon Robin Scott

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

NURSING POSTS

39. Hon ROBIN SCOTT to the minister representing the Minister for Health:

My question is to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health. I refer to comments made at a recent meeting of local governments in the Murchison region of Western Australia that poor facilities and lack of adequate staff at regional nursing posts remains a problem, as it has been for many years.

(1) Does the state government have any plans to increase the funding made available to the nursing posts?

(2) Does the state government have any plans to increase staffing levels at the posts, including the prescribing of minimum staffing levels?

The PRESIDENT: Before I give the call to the Minister for Mental Health, member, I might just advise you that if you choose to ask further questions of the Minister for Health, it is currently a minister representing the Minister for Health rather than a parliamentary secretary. There has been a little change in the last couple of weeks.

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

I am very sorry, honourable member. It has been two days in a row and the member's question is not in my folder. It has been received, so I will get it and answer it before the end of question time.