Legislative Council Tuesday 2 April, 2019
Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT
With regard to resignations, terminations or end-of-contract circumstances impacting on turnover of medical staff for the North West Regional Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital, Launceston General Hospital and Royal Hobart Hospital -
(1) How many specialist medical staff have left positions in each of the above hospitals over the last five years listed separately -
(a) by year
(b) by hospital
(c) by specialty?
(2) Were exit interviews conducted for all staff?
(3) What were the categories of reasons given for leaving and the numbers of persons in each category?
I understand some of the information may be in tabular form and it might be easier to table it, if that is convenient.
ANSWER
Mr President, I thank the member for Murchison for her question. I will ask that the answer to the member's question be tabled and incorporated into Hansard in a moment, but first I would like to go through the notes.
(1) In respect of this question, there is a table, but note (i) to that reads -
The 2014 figure for the Mersey Community Hospital and the North West Regional Hospital is skewed by processes within the former Tasmanian Health Organisation - North West, which saw the cessation of a locum contract registered as a formal staffing separation.
Note (ii) reads -
Employees subject to multiple employment arrangements or rolling contracts have been excluded to eliminate over-representation.
There is another table as specified, with a note, which says -
The 2014 figure is skewed by processes within the former Tasmanian Health Organisation - North West, which saw the cessation of a locum contract registered as a formal staffing separation.
Exit interviews were not conducted for all staff members who left. I seek leave to table the tables and have them incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
Tables incorporated as follows -
(1) (a) and (b)
Launceston General Hospital
Royal Hobart Hospital
Mersey Community Hospital
North West Regional Hospital`
2014
16
22
71
32
2015
17
25
11
13
2016
8
13
6
21
2017
6
17
2
12
2018
5
12
3
2
(c)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Anaesthetics
24
4
3
2
2
Cardiology
0
3
0
0
3
Emergency Medicine
59
14
9
3
0
Endocrinology
0
0
1
0
0
ENT
4
0
1
0
0
Gastroenterology
1
1
0
0
3
General Medicine
8
10
4
1
4
General Practice
0
0
0
1
0
General Surgery
1
1
1
2
2
Geriatric Medicine
0
1
0
1
0
Intensive Care
2
0
0
0
0
Medical Administration
2
0
0
0
1
Microbiology & Infectious Disease Diseases
1
0
1
0
0
Nephrology
0
0
0
0
1
Neurology
0
0
0
1
0
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
17
14
22
15
1
Occupational Medicine
0
0
1
0
0
Oncology
0
0
0
1
0
Orthopaedics
3
0
1
0
0
Paediatrics
4
5
1
3
2
Palliative Medicine
1
1
0
0
0
Pathology
4
5
2
1
2
Plastic Surgery
5
0
0
0
0
Radiology
4
4
1
6
1
Rehabilitation Medicine
0
2
0
0
0
Respiratory/General Medicine
0
1
0
0
0
Vascular Surgery
1
0
0
0
0
Total
141
66
48
37
22
(2)
Separation Reason
Number
End of Fixed Term Appointment
206
Resignation
92
Retirement - Voluntary
10
Retirement - Age
2
Retirement – Ill Health
1
Abandonment of Position
1
Pressing Domestic Necessity
1
Voluntary Redundancy
1
Total
314
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