Dear Ms Hard

 

On 28 May 2019 the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD)
Right to Information Unit received a copy of your email regarding Agency,
Overtime and Casual Pool Spending 2018/19.

 

Your application is invalid for the following reasons:

 

·        Under s41 1 (b) of the GIPA Act it must clearly indicate that it
is an application made under the GIPA Act.

 

o   It is not clear from your email if you are asking for access to the
information formally or informally.

 

·        Under s41 1 (c) of the GIPA Act, an access application must be
accompanied by a fee of $30.

 

o   As at 31 May, the District has not received your application fee.  You
are invited to provide your application fee by cheque or money order to
the following address:

Att: Right to Information Unit

South Western Sydney Local Health District

Locked Bag 7279

Liverpool BC 1871

 

·        Under s41 1 (e) of the GIPA Act, an access application must
include such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the
government information applied for to be identified.

 

o   In order to assist the District in conducting the appropriate searches
in the relevant departments and systems and ensure costs are kept to a
minimum, the below information requires clarification:

§  1.What is the total cost of agency staff, for all workers in each
hospital on an annual basis, for the financial year 2018/19 (April 2018 –
March 2019)

·        Can you please clarify the term “all workers”. Does this include
non-nursing and non-medical staff?

§  3. What is the total cost of overtime, inclusive and exclusive, of
double shifts worked by all workers in each hospital on an annual basis,
for the financial year 2018/19 (April 2018 – March 2019)

·        Please clarify the term “double shift”. The term “all workers”
also needs to be clarified.

§  4. What is the total cost of the casual pool of workers, for all
workers in each hospital on an annual basis, for the financial year
2018/19 (April 2018 – March 2019)

·        Can you please clarify the term “workers”.

§  5. Of the casual pool workers operating within the state in 2018/19
(April 2018 – March 2019), are you able to provide the number of all
workers (in full-time equivalent (FTE)) which; a. Hold permanent
employment at a hospital b. Are casual workers only

·        The information you have requested access to relates more closely
to the functions of the NSW Ministry of Health.  The SWSLHD will only hold
information relating to employees within our own Local Health District,
not across the State.

§  6. Can you please provide detail on how the state resource their
temporary staff for the healthcare sector?

·        The information you have requested access to relates more closely
to the functions of the NSW Ministry of Health.  The SWSLHD will only hold
information relating to employees within our own Local Health District,
not across the State.

 

I note that under s52 of the GIPA Act

“(2) an application becomes a valid access application if the applicant
pays the required fee or provides the required information (as
appropriate), and is the deemed to have been made when the fee or
information was received by the agency”

 

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If you do not agree that your application is invalid, you may seek a
review of this decision.   You have four weeks from the date of this email
to apply for an internal review, or eight weeks to apply for an external
review.  Please refer to the “Your review rights” leaflet at the following
link: [1]https://www.ipc.nsw.gov.au/your-review-r...

 

Please note the correct contact details for the SWSLHD Right to
Information Unit are

 

Email:    [2][email address]

Phone: (02) 8738 6000

 

Kind regards

 

 

SWSLHD Right to Information Unit

[3][email address] 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charlotte Hard
[[6]mailto:[FOI #5442 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 25 May 2019 12:37 AM
To: SWSLHD-ESU <[7][email address]>
Subject: Government Information (Public Access) request - Agency, Overtime
and Casual Pool Spending 2018/19

 

Dear NSW South Western Sydney Local Health District,

 

I am interested in understanding the use of temporary workers within the
healthcare sector. To support this, can you please provide a response to
the following questions:

 

1. What is the total cost of agency staff, for all workers in each
hospital on an annual basis, for the financial year 2018/19 (April 2018 –
March 2019)

 

2. Of the total agency cost provided in Q1 for the financial year 2018/19
(April 2018 – March 2019), can you please provide the total agency cost
for those hired as:

a. Medical practitioners

b. Nurses and Midwives

 

3. What is the total cost of overtime, inclusive and exclusive, of double
shifts worked by all workers in each hospital on an annual basis, for the
financial year 2018/19 (April 2018 – March 2019)

 

4. What is the total cost of the casual pool of workers, for all workers
in each hospital on an annual basis, for the financial year 2018/19 (April
2018 – March 2019)

 

5. Of the casual pool workers operating within the state in 2018/19 (April
2018 – March 2019), are you able to provide the number of all workers (in
full-time equivalent (FTE)) which; a. Hold permanent employment at a
hospital b. Are casual workers only

 

6. Can you please provide detail on how the state resource their temporary
staff for the healthcare sector?

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Charlotte Hard

 

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