TranslateRight to Information No.: RTI20245-100
Right to Information No.: RTI20245-100
Right to Information No.: RTI20245-100
Date of Decision: 21 March 2025
Information Requested
An application for assessed disclosure of information was made pursuant to the Right to Information Act 2009 (‘the Act’), was received by the Department of Health on 2 October 2024 and accepted on 8 October 2024.
The information applied for was:
- A breakdown of travel, accommodation and incidental costs of the delegation to UK for a recruitment drive for health professionals in September 2023.
- Since 17 September 2023, the number of UK nurses, doctors and allied health professionals who have commenced employment in the Department of Health.
Time taken to make this decision
The applicant, pursuant to section 15(4)(a) of the Act, agreed to grant an extension on the application for assessed disclosure. The public authority apologises for the delay in processing this application.
Decision
The application for assessed disclosure of information has resulted in the following information being released:
- Recruitment based on commencements from the United Kingdom; and
- Travel expenses for the UK delegation by the Department of Health in September 2023, broken down to airfares, accommodation, and incidentals.
The information is at attachment 1.
Attachments
- RTI202425-100 Decision Information
Commencements, applications that came from the UK by award, 17 Sept 2023 to 24 January 2025
| MASTER COUNTRY | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Row Labels | Distinct Count of Employee Code* |
| Allied Health Professional | 5 |
| Nurses | 153 |
| Salaried Medical Practitioners | 24 |
| Grand Total | 182 |
*This figure may be an underrepresentation of the total number of commencements. Where an employee originally applied for a position while based in the UK and moved to Australia and has since applied for a new position within the Department, their UK address has been overwritten with their updated Australian residential address in the Department’s payroll and HR systems. They are unable to be captured in this total figure.
UK Delegation Travel Expenses*
| Airfares | Accommodation | Incidentals | Grand Total |
| $11,587.24 | $11,857.20 | $1,542.08 | $24,986.52 |
*Based on the expenses of four health professionals who are Department employees. The employees involved were:
- Allied Health Recruitment Consultant
- Registered Nurse – Mental Health/ Project Officer – Statewide Mental Health
- Program Manager – Health Workforce Planning
- Registrar – Department of Emergency Medicine