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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-02-05T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject uid="6d0e9d5d245d4467a77a09879e0c0660">
      <name>Relocation Support for Health Workers</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Relocation Support for Health Workers</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" uid="6d2ea38d914f46609bef8cb86a79731f" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-02-05T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="359">
            <name>Relocation Support for Health Workers</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-02-06T00:00:00+10:30" />
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            <timeStamp time="2025-02-06T00:00:00+10:30" />359 <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" uid="6d2ea38d914f46609bef8cb86a79731f">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK </by>().27 August 2024).  Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How many health professionals have come to work in South Australia as a result of the For Work. For Life recruitment campaign announced by the Premier on 16 May 2023? </inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000994">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many doctors who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $10,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000995">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many doctors who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $13,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000996">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many doctors who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $15,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000997">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many nurses who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $10,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000998">
          <inserted>6.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many nurses who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $13,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280000999">
          <inserted>7.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many nurses who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $15,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001000">
          <inserted>8.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many midwives who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $10,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001001">
          <inserted>9.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many midwives who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $13,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001002">
          <inserted>10.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many midwives who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $15,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001003">
          <inserted>11.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many paramedics who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $10,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001004">
          <inserted>12.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many paramedics who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $13,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001005">
          <inserted>13.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how many paramedics who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $15,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001006">
          <inserted>14.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how other health professionals who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $10,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001007">
          <inserted>15.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how other health professionals who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $13,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001008">
          <inserted>16.&amp;#x9;Since the announcement of the campaign how other health professionals who have signed contracts with SA Health have received relocation support up to $15,000 and what has been the total cost of those relocation incentives? </inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001009">
          <inserted>17.&amp;#x9;How many health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, others) paid relocation incentives have come from overseas? </inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001010">
          <inserted>18.&amp;#x9;How many health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, others) paid relocation incentives have come from interstate? </inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001011">
          <inserted>19.&amp;#x9;How many health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, others) paid relocation incentives have moved intrastate? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001012">
          <inserted>20.&amp;#x9;How many health professionals (doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, others) paid relocation incentives no longer work for SA Health?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="4759b8121371413ba3ecdcf442afba4c" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2025-02-05T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="359">
            <name>Relocation Support for Health Workers</name>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001013">
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="4759b8121371413ba3ecdcf442afba4c">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001014">
          <inserted>Across SA Health, 141 offers of employment were made directly via the For Work. For Life recruitment campaign.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001015">
          <inserted>341 health professionals have received relocation support with a total cost of $1,783,008.</inserted>
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        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001016">
          <inserted>22 health professional who received relocation support are no longer working for SA Health.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202502056027a4c220824e4280001017">
          <inserted>From March 2022 to March 2024, the number of full-time equivalent staff across SA Health increased by 1,432 above attrition. </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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