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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 76

Graduate Nurse Prograin

Mr Moore - asked the Minister for Health:

(1) Concerning the planned schedule of intake of graduate students into the 1992 Graduate Programme (a) how many intakes were there to be; (b) how many graduate students were to be included in each of the intakes; (c) what were the planned dates of intake; (d) were intakes to be restricted to graduates of the University of Canberra; and (e) what was to be the basis of selection of graduate students to each of the intakes.

(2) What funding had been provided for in the forward Health Estimates for the 1992 Graduate Programme. .

Within the ACT Board of Health or its agents (defined as ACT public hospitals) or employees (a) which person or persons took the decision to cancel the 1992 Graduate Programme; and (b) what was the date of that decision.

(4) If the ACT Board of Health or its agents or employees did not take the decision to cancel the 1992 Graduate Programme (a) who did; (b) on what date was that decision conveyed to the ACT Board of Health or its agents or employees; (c) what specific advice did the ACT Board of Health or its agents or employees provide to the Minister for Health concerning the cancellation or otherwise of the 1992 Graduate Programme;. (d) what was the date of that advice; (e) did that advice contain a recommendation; (f) what was that recommendation; and (g) upon what basis was that recommendation made.

(5) The ACT Minister for Health has asserted that there will be a graduate programme in 1993 (Canberra Times, 21 January) concerning the establishment or otherwise of the 1993 Graduate Programme (a) has the ACT Board of Health or its agents or employees provided advice to the Minister for Health; (b) what was the date of that advice; (c) what specific advice was provided to the Minister, (d) did that advice contain a recommendation; (e) what was that recommendation; (f) what level of funding has been provided in forward Health Estimates; and (g) what is the estimated cost to the Health Budget per graduate student anticipated to be admitted to the 1993 Graduate Programme.

For each of the calendar years 1989,1990 and 1991 graduate programmes (a) how many graduate nurses were admitted into graduate programmes in ACT public hospitals; (b) how many were graduates of the University of Canberra; and (c) how many applications for admission to graduate programmes in ACT public hospitals were received from graduates of the University of Canberra.

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