NURSING POSTS —
BREMER BAY AND JERRAMUNGUP
159. Hon DIANE EVERS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the nursing posts in
Bremer Bay and Jerramungup.
(1) What is the minimum number of
nurses required at any one time at a regional nursing post?
(2) Are nursing
or medical staff always available at the Bremer Bay and Jerramungup health
centres during the hours as promoted; and, if not, why not?
(3) Are regional
nurses required to provide relief to other regional health services when the
posted nurse is on leave; and, if yes, who fills the same role in their
community during their absence?
(4) Can
additional nurses be provided at regional health services at times when a greater
need for their services might be expected—for example, at Bremer Bay on
New Year's Eve; and —
(a) if yes, what is the criteria used
to determine the decision; and
(b) if not, why not?
(5) Will the minister please advise
for the past two years —
(a) the number of interactions at the
Bremer Bay and Jerramungup health centres;
(b) the number of St John Ambulance
callouts to the Bremer Bay and Jerramungup areas; and
(c) the number of telehealth access
calls from the Bremer Bay and Jerramungup areas?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I have been advised the following.
(1) The minimum number of nursing
staff is one.
(2) Yes. Nursing staff are rostered
on both clinics during office hours with on-call after hours.
(3) The health
service ensures that leave cover is provided when required. The health service
manages the nursing leave relief across the region.
(4) Yes.
(a) Additional
nurses are rostered on during known busy periods. Extra nursing staff are
deployed when there is a recognised need and this occurs regularly during the
busy tourist season.
(b) Not applicable.
(5) (a) I have
been advised by the WA Country Health Service that further time is required to
answer this question. The information will be provided to the member as soon as
possible.
(b) This part has
been answered by area and priority in the form of a table. I seek leave to have
that part of the response incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(b) As
advised by St John Ambulance WA, the number of call outs over the past two
years for the Bremer Bay and Jerramungup areas was as follows:
�
|
Priority
1
|
Priority
2
|
Priority
3
|
Priority
4
|
Total
|
Bremer
Bay
|
19
|
19
|
12
|
29
|
79
|
Jerramungup
|
36
|
11
|
12
|
49
|
108
|
*As at
28 February 2019
(c) I have been
advised by the WA Country Health Service that further time is required to
answer this question. The information will be provided to the member as soon as
available.