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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2008-02-14" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Oakden Nursing Home</name>
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        <heading>OAKDEN NURSING HOME</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2008-02-14">
            <name>OAKDEN NURSING HOME</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:34):</by>  Sir, I have a supplementary question. Does the minister concede that the new management team had to be found at short notice because of the sheer number of resignations from senior positions at Oakden?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Environment and Conservation</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Health</name>
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          <question date="2008-02-14">
            <name>OAKDEN NURSING HOME</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health) (14:34):</by>  The challenges before the staff at Makk and McLeay are quite significant, and I have outlined those previously. So, they are on record. The staff have worked extremely hard in putting together a comprehensive action plan to mitigate risks and to ensure that we fill all the standard obligations with the commonwealth. </text>
        <text id="20080214bd43f73638c84fbc80000113">A great deal of work has already been done and we continue with that work. I have made it clear that as part of that we have made significant changes to our management team and other staff. I believe that that has, in effect, assisted us in working towards compliance with the commonwealth and providing excellent nursing care to the patients who use that facility.</text>
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