Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-06-19 Daily Xml

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Health Workforce

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:34): Will there be any reductions in the overall number of allied health professionals in the health system?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:34): As I said, the FTE figures in the budget papers are estimates, they are not targets. In terms of the range of professionals in our workplaces, as the efficiency projects are rolled out, we will be focusing on maintaining value-for-money high-quality services and those positions will be identified within those projects.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Bourke, a further supplementary?