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1520 - NURSE POSITIONS IN THE HUNTER

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Health, and Minister for Medical Research

Will the Minister make a commitment to provide the 49 nurse positions needed in the Hunter in addition to the 101 new graduate nurses to be provided (Minister's statement 31 January 2012)?
Answer -

I am advised:

In 2012, 201 new graduates were offered employment across the Hunter New England Local Health District, with 135 in the Hunter region. 

In implementing the new staffing arrangements provisions of the Public Health System Nurses' and Midwives' (State) Award 2011, for the period up to 30 June 2012, approximately 94 full time equivalent nurses have been allocated to facilities in the Hunter geographic area (inclusive of John Hunter, Maitland, Belmont, and the Calvary Newcastle Mater Hospitals). This is part of the progressive rollout of the equivalent of an estimated 1,400 additional nurses across the State by 30 June 2013.

Question asked on 15 February 2012 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 66
Answer received on 20 March 2012 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 77

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