Over 1,100 jobs to go from Perth health service
03-Jan-16, ABC
WA Health Minister Kim Hames has confirmed the equivalent of 1,163 jobs will need to go from the South Metropolitan Health Service if the Government is to bring spending back to sustainable levels.
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The Government flagged significant cuts to the public health sector last year, with Premier Colin Barnett describing staffing numbers as "several hundred" above desired levels.
At the time he said the problem had emerged due to the need to maintain staff at existing hospitals while Fiona Stanley Hospital was commissioned.
That sparked fears from the State Opposition that up to 1,000 jobs could be cut from health, although Dr Hames said a final figure would not be available until the middle of this year.