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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Hospitals - Nurse Vacancies

MR BERRY - Asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts

on notice on 7 Apri 991:

Since 5 December 1989, both Royal Canberra Hospitals and also

Calvary Hospital

(1) How many times and in which publications has the Government

advertised vacancie$ for enroed nurses.

(2) How many times and in which publications has the Government

advertised vacancies for nurses.

(3) How many responses were there in each case.

(4) How much did it cost to advertise these vacancies.

(5) How many vacant positions exist for enrolled nurses, in

what areas are these vacancies and how long have they been

vacant.

(6) How many vacant positions exist for nurses, in what areas

are these vacancies and how long have they been vacant.

MR HUMPHRIES -The answer to Mr Berrys questions are as follows :

(1) Advertisements for Enrolled Nurses were placed in The

Canberra Times on two occasions. It should be noted that

there is a minimal turnover of Enrolled Nurses at both

Royal Canberra Hospital North and South.

(2) 72 advertisements for nurses were placed. 44 of these were

published in the Staff Bulletin with the remaining 28

published in the commonwealth Gazette, The Canberra Times

and other local media, The Sydney Morning Herald, the

Weekend Australian and professional publication such as

the Army nursing publication Grey and Scarlet.

(3) It is not possible to calculate the number of responses.

Employment.queries are received on a daily basis, sometimes

in response to advertisement and sometimes not. Some

queries take the form of written applications while many

are telephone enquiries.

(4) I have been advised that the advertising costs are in the

vicinity of $37000.

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