ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL —
WAITING ROOM NURSES
215. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
How can a nurse who is positioned
in a tent outside the ED monitor patients' conditions inside the ED?
Ms A.
SANDERSON replied:
That
is another bizarre question. Waiting room nurses are in place. A decision was
made at that point to put them at the
front tent where most of the patients were. I understand that that was on one
occasion and that it is an operational decision for the emergency
department.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON: I do not
second-guess the decisions that are made on the floor when they are treating
patients every day, unlike you. The CARE Call system is in place and is
working. Waiting room nurses are in place, and they are funded and working. They are in there. I really caution the
member for Vasse on taking one opinion and not seeking the evidence
behind it, instead of standing up and making spurious claims.
Ms L. Mettam interjected.
The SPEAKER: That question
is over. Member for Vasse, please desist.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER: Order, please!
Member for Landsdale, just wait until the ministers have finished interjecting.