TRAINEE PSYCHIATRISTS

137. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:

I refer to the answer given by the minister to my question without notice 38 on Wednesday, 13 February 2019, which did not supply the information that had been requested. I confirm for the minister that the term “consultant psychiatrist” was not incorrect but describes a particular type of psychiatrist and, as such, I ask the question again: how many trainee “consultant psychiatrist” positions were there in —

(a)  2016;

(b)  2017; and

(c)  2018?

Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(a)  In 2016, six psychiatry trainees attained Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and became consultant psychiatrists.

(b)  In 2017, 19 psychiatry trainees attained Fellowship of RANZCP and became consultant psychiatrists.

(c)  In 2018, 13 psychiatry trainees attained Fellowship of RANZCP and became consultant psychiatrists.

The number of psychiatry trainees who attained the consultation–liaison certificate to become consultation–liaison psychiatrists, a sub-speciality of general psychiatry, was one in 2016 and nil in 2017 and 2018.

 

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