❓ Question regarding ED attendances, admissions, ambulance attendances, and triage waiting times for hospitals in the South West region of WA for 2012-13 and 2013-14. The answer acknowledges data issues and potential inaccuracies due to recording practices and system limitations.
AnsweredQoN 3123Legislative Council
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For each hospital in the South West region with an Emergency Department (ED): (a) what were the ED attendances for each of the years 2012-13 and 2013-14; (b) what were the ED admissions for each of the years 2012-13 and 2013-14; (c) what were the number of ambulance attendances for each of the years 2012-13 and 2013-14; and (d) what were the ED triage attendances and waiting times for each triage category for each of the years 2012-13 and 2013-14?
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Answered
16 June 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
40 days
(a-d) [See tabled paper no]
A number of generally smaller Emergency Services including some sites in the broader South West Health Region have median waiting times of zero for all triage categories. At some sites this is due to recording identical times for the time of triaging and the time seen by the nurse. The subsequent subtraction of triage time from the time seen by the nurse yields a figure of zero for the waiting time to be seen. Where this occurs in more than 50% of cases the median will be zero.
The time that the nurse sees the patient is intended to represent the time that the nurse commences treatment. Where treatment follows directly after triage a small or no waiting time is expected and for Emergency Services with low activity most patients will be able to be seen immediately after triage.
The rollout of the WebPAS patient administration system is expected to lead to opportunities for further training and review of accurate data entry practises. The completion of WebPAS deployment in the South West occurred 13 May 2015.
All data are preliminary and subject to change.
Data Source: Emergency Department figures have been sourced from the Emergency Department Data Collection which is populated from EDIS, WebPAS and HCARe.
A number of generally smaller Emergency Services including some sites in the broader South West Health Region have median waiting times of zero for all triage categories. At some sites this is due to recording identical times for the time of triaging and the time seen by the nurse. The subsequent subtraction of triage time from the time seen by the nurse yields a figure of zero for the waiting time to be seen. Where this occurs in more than 50% of cases the median will be zero.
The time that the nurse sees the patient is intended to represent the time that the nurse commences treatment. Where treatment follows directly after triage a small or no waiting time is expected and for Emergency Services with low activity most patients will be able to be seen immediately after triage.
The rollout of the WebPAS patient administration system is expected to lead to opportunities for further training and review of accurate data entry practises. The completion of WebPAS deployment in the South West occurred 13 May 2015.
All data are preliminary and subject to change.
Data Source: Emergency Department figures have been sourced from the Emergency Department Data Collection which is populated from EDIS, WebPAS and HCARe.
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