HEALTHCARE — STAFF — RECRUITMENT
965. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to the media release in the minister's name,
titled ''Multi-pronged health workforce attraction and retention
strategy committed in State Budget'', dated 10 August.
(1) How many healthcare staff have been hired as a result of
this initiative?
(2) Of those staff hired, how many were —
(a) hired from within Western Australia;
(b) hired from another state or
territory; and
(c) hired from overseas?
(3) How many healthcare
staff have been retained as a result of this initiative, and how were the
retentions recorded?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. Honourable member, you asked for a lot of detail in that, so it was not available in the short
time, so this is what the answer is. It is not possible to provide the
requested information in the time required, and I therefore ask the
honourable member to place this question on notice.