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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2020-09-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
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          <heading>Voluntary Separation Packages</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4841" kind="question">
        <name>Mr PICTON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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          <question date="2020-07-02" qonNum="192">
            <name>Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
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          <inserted>192 <by role="member" id="4841">Mr PICTON (Kaurna)</by> (2 July 2020).  During the 2019-20 financial year how many voluntary separation packages were accepted for each of the following categories of health portfolio employees:</inserted>
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          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;Medical officers?</inserted>
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        <text id="20200922d4858641c50b4f86b0001129">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;Nurses?</inserted>
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        <text id="20200922d4858641c50b4f86b0001130">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;Midwives?</inserted>
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        <page num="2663" />
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          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;Allied health professionals?</inserted>
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          <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;Scientists?</inserted>
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          <inserted>(f)&amp;#x9;Other health portfolio staff?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2020-07-02" qonNum="192">
            <name>Voluntary Separation Packages</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>During the 2019-20 financial year, health portfolio employees who accepted voluntary separation packages and separated from employment, were as follows:</inserted>
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                <cell>Medical officers</cell>
                <cell>4</cell>
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                <cell>Nurses (including midwives)</cell>
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                <cell>Allied health professionals</cell>
                <cell>6</cell>
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                <cell>Scientists</cell>
                <cell>46</cell>
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                <cell>Other health portfolio staff</cell>
                <cell>128</cell>
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          <inserted>In addition, the following health portfolio employees accepted voluntary separation packages. However, as they are yet to separate from employment these numbers are subject to change:</inserted>
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            <table>
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                <cell>Medical officers</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
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                <cell>Nurses (including midwives)</cell>
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                <cell>Allied health professionals</cell>
                <cell>1</cell>
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                <cell>Scientists</cell>
                <cell>0</cell>
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                <cell>Other health portfolio staff</cell>
                <cell>22</cell>
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        <text id="20200922d4858641c50b4f86b0001140" />
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