❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health regarding waiting lists, wait times, and a special needs facility at the Oral Health Centre of WA. The response provides data on waiting lists and times, and indicates no submission was received for a special needs chair.
AnsweredQoN 4527Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Oral Health Centre of WA (OHCWA) and ask: (a) how many public patients are currently on the waiting list for treatment at the OHCWA; (b) how many public patients were on the waiting list for treatment at the OHCWA during each of the following years: (i) 2009; (ii) 2010; (iii) 2011; (iv) 2012; (v) 2013; and (vi) 2014; (c) what is the current average waiting time for all public patients at the OHCWA; (d) what was the average waiting time for public patients to be treated at the OHCWA in each of the following years: (i) 2009; (ii) 2010; (iii) 2011; (iv) 2012; (v) 2013; and (vi) 2014; (e) what is the longest time any individual public patient has had to wait for services at the OHCWA; (f) what is the current waiting time for orthodontic treatment at the OHCWA; (g) Is the OHCWA still accepting new referrals for new public patients requiring orthodontic work; (h) has the Government received a submission from OHCWA for a special needs facility (disabled chair) for people who cannot receive dental treatment in a normal chair since September 2008; (i) what was the estimated cost of a special needs chair; and (j) what was the Government's response to this submission?
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Answered
10 November 2015
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
62 days
Answer as at 15 October 2015 -
(a) 5,858.
(b)(i) 4,061;
(ii) 3,805;
(iii) 4,059;
(iv) 3,783;
(v) 4,152; and
(vi) 5,539.
(c) 159 days (mean) and 150 days (median).
(d)(i) 135 days (mean) and 78 days (median);
(ii) 154 days (mean) and 32 days (median);
(iii) 158 days (mean) and 149 days (median);
(iv) 245 days (mean) and 124 days (median);
(v) 262 days (mean) and 85 days (median); and
(vi) 155 days (mean) and 87 days (median).
(e) 2 years.
(f) 217 days.
(g) Yes.
(h) No.
(i-j) Not applicable.
(a) 5,858.
(b)(i) 4,061;
(ii) 3,805;
(iii) 4,059;
(iv) 3,783;
(v) 4,152; and
(vi) 5,539.
(c) 159 days (mean) and 150 days (median).
(d)(i) 135 days (mean) and 78 days (median);
(ii) 154 days (mean) and 32 days (median);
(iii) 158 days (mean) and 149 days (median);
(iv) 245 days (mean) and 124 days (median);
(v) 262 days (mean) and 85 days (median); and
(vi) 155 days (mean) and 87 days (median).
(e) 2 years.
(f) 217 days.
(g) Yes.
(h) No.
(i-j) Not applicable.
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