Good afternoon,

The Commonwealth Department of Health (department) has received your
request dated 27 May 2022 seeking access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (the FOI Act).

You have requested access to the following documents:

I wish to know how our health department across the state has been
affected by the government and QH directive regarding mandatory
vaccination. As the media is advising of ramping and increased wait times.

I want to see the numbers of health care workers, nurses, doctors, allied
health professionals, wardsmen/women etc that have left for whatever
reason from September 2021-May 2022, September 2020- May 2021, September
2019-May 2020 IE on leave, suspended, stood down, restricted from entering
workplace, terminated or resigned. 

I also request data on ramping from the above years as well so from 2019
through to 2022, broken into monthly or quarterly numbers.

Your request specifically references Queensland Health. We do not hold
documents of the Queensland Health Department.

The ‘Federal’ or ‘Commonwealth’ Government is separate to governments for
each of the states and territories, and each government is comprised of
separate departments and agencies.  Each department or agency creates,
receives and stores different documents relevant to their functions. This
department does not have access to all documents created, received, or
stored by other all government entities. A request for access to documents
under the FOI Act is limited to ‘a document of an agency’, which, for the
purposes of section 4 of the FOI Act, is a document in the possession of
this department.

Public Health Orders and Directions are issued by individual state and/or
territory governments. To assist you, information regarding Public Health
Orders and Directions relating to COVID-19 issued by each state and
territory can be found here:

o QLD:  [1]Chief Health Officer public health directions | Queensland
Health

State or territory records may be sought through the legislative processes
of each relevant state or territory. To assist you, you can find out more
about accessing information held by state and territory health authorities
here:

o [2]Queensland Health - Accessing information

We hope this information will assist you.

As the department does not hold records relevant to your request, we are
unable to assist you further with your request. The department has closed
this request as it is not a request for this agency.

If you would like to contact us further, you may do so by emailing us at
[3][email address].

Kind regards,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information Section

Legal & Assurance Division | Corporate Operations Group

Legal Advice & Legislation Branch

Australian Government Department of Health

T: 02 6289 1666 | E: [4][email address]

GPO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

The Department of Health acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of
Australia and their continued connection to land, sea and community. We
pay our respects to all Elders past and present.

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