Question On Notice No. 336 asked in the Legislative Council on 27 October 2021 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the media statement from 22 October 2021, titled Major new advertising campaign to bolster health workforce, which states "Western Australia's current recruitment drive has already seen 1,000 new nurses and midwives join the WA Health system since January this year", and I ask:
(a) on 1 January 2021 how many, by FTE, nurses and midwives were employed in the Western Australian health system;
(b) currently, how many, by FTE, nurses and midwives are employed by the Western Australian health system;
(c) of the almost 1,000 nurses and midwives recruited since January, how many have been recruited:
(i) within Western Australia;
(ii) interstate; and
(iii) internationally; and
(d) please provide a breakdown of the almost 1,000 nurses and midwives, by health service provider?
Answered on 9 December 2021
I am advised:
(a) Refer Legislative Assembly Question on Notice 36.
(b) For the first quarter of the 2021-22 financial year 13,492 average FTE nurses and 1,155 average FTE midwives were employed by WA Health.
(c) & (d) (i)-(iii) Provision of the information sought by the Member would require a significant amount of time, research and manual collection of data. As such it is not considered a reasonable or responsible use of Government resources to complete such as task. If the Member has a more specific inquiry I will endeavour to provide a reply.