SCHOOL HEALTH NURSES
712. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to school health nurses
employed by the Department of Health.
(1) How many
school health nurses, by headcount and full-time equivalent, are currently
employed by the Department of Health?
(2) Of those
referred to in (1), how many school health nurses, by headcount and full-time
equivalent, are permanently based in —
(a) public primary schools; and
(b) public secondary schools?
(3) What was the
total funding allocated for the provision of school health nurses in government
schools in —
(a) 2018–19; and
(b) 2019–20?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) For the Child
and Adolescent Health Service, the headcount is 276 and the full-time
equivalent is 162.70.
For the WA Country Health Service,
WACHS is unable to provide a precise headcount as the community health nursing
full-time equivalent is allocated flexibly, based on regional and local service
demands. In some country areas, these FTE will also provide a range of services
including child health, chronic disease and immunisations. The FTE is 93.86.
(2) For the Child and Adolescent
Health Service —
(a) For public primary schools, the
headcount is 142, and the FTE is 92.7.
(b) For public secondary schools, the
headcount is 134 and the FTE is 70.
For the WA Country Health Service —
(a) For public
primary schools, WACHS is unable to provide a precise headcount as the
community health nursing FTE is allocated flexibly based on regional and local
service demands. The FTE is 63.81.
(b) For public secondary schools, WACHS is unable to
provide a precise headcount as the community health nursing FTE is
allocated flexibly based on regional and local service demands. The FTE is
30.05.
(3) For the Child and Adolescent
Health Service —
(a) for 2018–2019, it is $18 567
883; and
(b) for 2019–2020, it is $17 452
145.
For the WA Country Health Service —
(a)–(b)
WACHS is unable to respond in the time frame provided and will respond as soon
as practicable.