Healthcare Recruitment Information Request
Dear WA Department of Health,
1. Have you ever used agencies to recruit doctors on a permanent contract?
2. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of doctors in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
3. What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent doctors?
4. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for doctors?
5. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent doctors recruitment?
6. Have you ever used agencies to recruit nurses on a permanent contract?
7. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of nurses in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
8. What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent nurses?
9. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for nurses?
10. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent nurses recruitment?
11. Have you ever used agencies to recruit AHPs on a permanent contract?
12. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of AHPs in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
13. What is you r estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent AHPs?
14. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for AHPs?
15. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent AHPs recruitment?
16. Would you consider using agencies for international recruitment?
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bates
Dear Mr Bates
Your below email query has been reviewed by the area concerned with employment matters within the Department of Health (the department).
It has been confirmed the department does not hold documents relevant to the queries.
Each of the health service providers (HSPs) within the WA health system are responsible for contracting and employing staff for the various hospitals within each HSP, e.g. North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, etc.
It is confirmed that any jobs vacancies could be calculated by data publicly available on JobsWA where you can access both closed and open job advertisements - https://search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?p...
It should also be noted that a request submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 1992, is a request for documents held by a government agency, and not simply to answer questions. In some instances, it may be possible to frame an appropriate FOI application scope from questions if there is data readily available which could answer a question, however this is not always the case.
Best regards
Nareen Burnell | Senior FOI Coordinator
Technology and Information Services | Corporate Services | Office of the Deputy Director General
Department of Health
2nd floor, B Block, 189 Royal Street, EAST PERTH WA 6004
T: (08) 9222 6411
E: [WA Department of Health request email]
www.health.wa.gov.au
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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Bates <[FOI #10095 email]>
Sent: Friday, 24 March 2023 12:01 AM
To: DOH, FOI <[WA Department of Health request email]>
Subject: 20230324_from Bates_FOI request - Healthcare Recruitment Information Request
<div style="background-color:#FFEB9C; width:100%; border-style: solid; border-color:#9C6500; border-width:1pt; padding:1pt; font-size:11pt; line-height:11pt; font-family:'Calibri'; color:Black; text-align: left;"><span style="color:#9C6500; font-weight:bold;"> CAUTION External Communication:</span> This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. </div><br> </br> Dear WA Department of Health,
1. Have you ever used agencies to recruit doctors on a permanent contract?
2. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of doctors in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
3. What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent doctors?
4. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for doctors?
5. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent doctors recruitment?
6. Have you ever used agencies to recruit nurses on a permanent contract?
7. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of nurses in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
8. What is your estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent nurses?
9. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for nurses?
10. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent nurses recruitment?
11. Have you ever used agencies to recruit AHPs on a permanent contract?
12. If so, please provide the total spend on the recruitment of AHPs in the most recently recorded 12 month period?
13. What is you r estimation for the number of vacancies open for permanent AHPs?
14. What are the top 5 hospitals/local areas in your state that are in demand for AHPs?
15. A contact name/specific team or department responsible for dealing with permanent AHPs recruitment?
16. Would you consider using agencies for international recruitment?
Yours faithfully,
Colin Bates
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Dear DOH, FOI,
Thank you so much for your response this is very helpful - I am not from australia and really struggling to figure the healthcare system out! Are you able to direct me to where I can find a list of other Health service providers such as north metropolitan health service?
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bates
Dear Mr Bates,
Thank you for your email. Please see below a link for further information about WA Health Public Hospitals:
https://www.health.wa.gov.au/About-us/Ho...
Kind regards,
Kirsty Fehlberg | Freedom of Information Coordinator
Technology & Information Services | Corporate Services | Office of the Deputy Director General
Department of Health |189 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
T: 9222 2410 E: [WA Department of Health request email] W: www.health.wa.gov.au
Delivering a Healthy WA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Bates <[FOI #10095 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 30 March 2023 6:10 PM
To: DOH, FOI <[WA Department of Health request email]>
Subject: Re: 20230329_to Bates_Advice - FOI request - Healthcare Recruitment Information Request
<div style="background-color:#FFEB9C; width:100%; border-style: solid; border-color:#9C6500; border-width:1pt; padding:1pt; font-size:11pt; line-height:11pt; font-family:'Calibri'; color:Black; text-align: left;"><span style="color:#9C6500; font-weight:bold;"> CAUTION External Communication:</span> This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. </div><br> </br> Dear DOH, FOI,
Thank you so much for your response this is very helpful - I am not from australia and really struggling to figure the healthcare system out! Are you able to direct me to where I can find a list of other Health service providers such as north metropolitan health service?
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bates
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Bates
Your below email query has been reviewed by the area concerned with employment matters within the Department of Health (the department).
It has been confirmed the department does not hold documents relevant to the queries.
Each of the health service providers (HSPs) within the WA health system are responsible for contracting and employing staff for the various hospitals within each HSP, e.g. North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, etc.
It is confirmed that any jobs vacancies could be calculated by data publicly available on JobsWA where you can access both closed and open job advertisements - https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sear...
It should also be noted that a request submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 1992, is a request for documents held by a government agency, and not simply to answer questions. In some instances, it may be possible to frame an appropriate FOI application scope from questions if there is data readily available which could answer a question, however this is not always the case.
Best regards
Nareen Burnell | Senior FOI Coordinator
Technology and Information Services | Corporate Services | Office of the Deputy Director General Department of Health 2nd floor, B Block, 189 Royal Street, EAST PERTH WA 6004
T: (08) 9222 6411
E: [WA Department of Health request email] http://www.health.wa.gov.au
The contents of this e-mail transmission are intended solely for the named recipient(s), may be confidential, and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure in the public interest. The use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the contents of this e-mail transmission by any person other than the named recipient(s) is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender immediately.
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