3385. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Racing and Gaming:
I refer to the Greyhound Injury Full Recovery Scheme (GIFRS) and the failure of Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) under Freedom of Information to find veterinary reports for nearly all dogs transferred to RWWA ownership in 2019–20, and I ask:
(a) does RWWA receive veterinary reports at the time the dog is transferred;
(b) if yes to (a), what are the records management requirements for these records:
(i) does RWWA meet its records management responsibilities with relationship to these dogs medical records; and
(c) will the Minister be assessing the records management process with regards to the medical records of greyhounds transferred to RWWA ownership through GIFRS?
Hon Alannah MacTiernan replied:
(a) It is assumed that the term ‘veterinary report’ refers to the clinical record of treatment and surgery recorded by the contracted veterinary clinic. It is further assumed that this relates to the transfer of the greyhound from the contracted veterinary clinic after treatment and/or surgery has been completed. The greyhounds’ clinical record of treatment and surgery recorded by the contracted veterinary clinic is the property of, and resides with, that veterinary clinic. RWWA does not receive copies of the veterinary clinic’s medical records.
(b) Does not apply.
(i) The contracted veterinary clinic creates and holds the medical records of the greyhounds in the Greyhound Injury Full Recovery Scheme.
(c) The contracted veterinary clinic creates and holds the medical records of the greyhounds in the Greyhound Injury Full Recovery Scheme.