❓ Hon Ray Halligan asks about ambulance bypass requests at Royal Perth, Fremantle, and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitals since a new directive. Hon Sue Ellery responds that 11 requests were made and all approved due to ED capacity issues.
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I refer the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Health’s directive announced on 8 July this year that hospitals would not be permitted to go on ambulance bypass without approval from the Department of Health. (1) On how many occasions since 8 July 2004 have doctors or medical staff at Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital requested that their hospitals be placed on ambulance bypass? (2) On what basis were those requests made? (3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(1) On how many occasions since 8 July 2004 have doctors or medical staff at Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital requested that their hospitals be placed on ambulance bypass? (2) On what basis were those requests made? (3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(2) On what basis were those requests made? (3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(1) On how many occasions since 8 July 2004 have doctors or medical staff at Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital requested that their hospitals be placed on ambulance bypass? (2) On what basis were those requests made? (3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(2) On what basis were those requests made? (3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(3) On how many occasions have those requests been refused? (4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(4) On what basis have the requests been refused? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(1) The State Health Emergency Director has been requested to authorise ambulance bypass for these hospitals on 11 occasions since 8 July 2004. (2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(2) On the basis of patient numbers in the relevant emergency departments exceeding patient cubicle bay capacity of the department. (3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(3) None. The State Health Emergency Director has approved all 11 requests for ambulance diversion made of him by the hospitals’ senior medical management. (4) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
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