TRAINEE PSYCHIATRISTS
137. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the answer given by the
minister to my question without notice 38 on Wednesday, 13 February 2019, which
did not supply the information that had been requested. I confirm for the
minister that the term ''consultant psychiatrist'' was not
incorrect but describes a particular type of psychiatrist and, as such, I ask
the question again: how many trainee ''consultant psychiatrist''
positions were there in —
(a) 2016;
(b) 2017; and
(c) 2018?
Hon ALANNA CLOHESY
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(a) In 2016, six
psychiatry trainees attained Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand
College of Psychiatrists and became consultant psychiatrists.
(b) In 2017, 19 psychiatry trainees attained
Fellowship of RANZCP and became consultant psychiatrists.
(c) In 2018, 13 psychiatry trainees attained
Fellowship of RANZCP and became consultant psychiatrists.
The number of psychiatry trainees who
attained the consultation–liaison certificate to become consultation–liaison
psychiatrists, a sub-speciality of general psychiatry, was one in 2016 and nil
in 2017 and 2018.