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❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of cancelled elective surgeries in public hospitals (including those with private operators) between November 2021 and February 2022, broken down by health service provider.

AnsweredQoN 392Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 March 2022

Member

Ms L. Mettam

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals with private operators, and I ask: (a) How many elective surgeries were cancelled in: (i) November 2021; (ii) December 2021; (iii) January 2022; and (iv) February 2022; and (b) For each month in (a), what was the total number of cancelled elective surgeries by area health service?

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Answered

14 June 2022

Responded by

Minister for Health

Response time

18 days

Elective surgeries can be cancelled for a variety of patient-initiated and hospital-initiated reasons.
(a)
(i)                 November 2021: 2,216;
(ii)              December 2021: 1,642;
(iii)            January 2022: 1,805; and
(iv)             February 2022: 2,006
(b)
Health Service Provider
(i) November 2021
(ii) December 2021
(iii) January 2022
(iv) February 2022
Child Adolescent Health Service
156
128
126
178
East Metropolitan Health Service
676
495
498
608
North Metropolitan Health Service
419
297
272
378
South Metropolitan Health Service
267
263
238
240
WA Country
698
459
671
602
Health Service

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