Healthcare Recruitment Information Request
Dear Victorian Department of Health and Human Services,
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,
I refer to your request below, and note that it has been forward to the
Department of Health as a recipient.
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Department of Health
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Dear FOI Health (HEALTH),
Can you please confirm whether this information is held or perhaps provide a link to or a list of healthcare networks within your state??
Yours sincerely,
Colin Bates
Dear Colin,
Thank you for your patience with our response.
In order to confirm whether this information is held, we would need to
receive a valid request to undertake searches and make enquiries within
the relevant area of the department.
If you would like to proceed with a FOI request, please follow the steps
set out in our initial email below to make payment. Otherwise, I will
assume that you do not wish to proceed and no further action will be
taken by the department.
Kind regards,
Authorised Officer | Freedom of Information unit
Legal, Privacy and Integrity
Department of Health
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