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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1244 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 November 2022 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CHILD HEALTH APPOINTMENTS — STAND-BY LIST

1244. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health:

I refer to the stand-by list for appointments with a child health nurse through the Child and Adolescent Health Service.

(1) How many clients are currently on the stand-by list?

(2) Of those referred to in (1), will the minister provide a breakdown of the number of clients on that list by child health region?

(3) For each child health region, what is the average time a client remains on a stand-by list?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) Clients may be on a stand-by list for a variety of reasons, including a request to see a specific clinician, or when seeking an appointment for a specific time and day. As at 23 November 2022, there are 233 clients on a stand-by list for a child health check.

The answer to (2) is in tabular form by child health region and the number of children on stand-by. I seek leave to have that part of the answer incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

(2)

�Child Health Region

Children on standby

�Swan

92

�Central West

41

�Bentley

25

�Lower West

25

�Hills

17

�Wanneroo North

14

�City

6

�Melville Region

Less than 5

�Gosnells

Less than 5

�Joondalup

Less than 5

�Kwinana

Less than 5

�Armadale

Less than 5

�Canning

Less than 5

�Central East

Less than 5

 

(3) Average stand-by list data cannot be provided at this time as this would require a comprehensive retrospective analysis of clients previously on the standby list, client preference, and when they received their appointment.