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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 372 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 10 August 2021 by Dr D.J. Honey

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

NURSES — RECRUITMENT

372. Dr D.J. HONEY to the Minister for Health:

I have a supplementary question. The minister clearly does not listen to the questions asked of him, so I will ask this supplementary question slowly so he can understand!

The SPEAKER: No preamble; just a question.

Dr D.J. HONEY: How many nurses has the government recruited from overseas as a consequence of its advertising blitz?

Mr R.H. COOK replied:

I have just come from a press conference where we provided details about that, so maybe I will take up a little bit more of the opposition's question time to explain that program. This is an exciting program whereby we are advertising in the United Kingdom, Ireland and other places to try to bring in nurses from overseas. They will be recruited via a program that will see them come to Western Australia over and above our cap. They will not have to pay their quarantine fees and we will provide them with a relocation allowance. The program has nothing to do with the commitment of 1 000 nurse graduates that we made back in April this year. That is a completely separate commitment. As a result, we will hopefully have a great blend of nurse graduates and experienced nurses. As I said, we have already recruited 750 experienced nurses. Some will be locals, some will come from interstate and some will come from overseas, but we welcome them all, because they will provide great care for the people of Western Australia.