WA COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICE — COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH
PROGRAM
1156. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the Department of Health's
community child health program. In the 2021–22 financial year, how many
eligible children in regional Western Australia received a child health check
via the WA Country Health Service, by number and in percentage terms, across
the following age categories —
(a) zero to 14
days;
(b) eight weeks;
(c) four months;
(d) 12 months;
and
(e) two years?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I answer on behalf of the Leader of the House. The
following information is provided on behalf of the Minister for Health.
(a)–(e) The
answer is in tabular form. It lists the contact type, the number of children
who received a child health check, the number of eligible children, and the
percentage of eligible children who received a child health check. I ask that
the table be incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Contact Type
|
Number of Children Receiving
Child Health Check
|
Number of Eligible Children
|
% of Eligible Children Receiving
Child Health Check
|
0–14
days
|
5803
|
6524
|
88.95%
|
8
weeks
|
4938
|
6586
|
74.98%
|
4
months
|
4776
|
6606
|
72.30%
|
12
months
|
3531
|
6267
|
56.34%
|
2
years
|
2166
|
6199
|
34.94%
|