Hon Martin Aldridge asks the Minister for Health to provide detailed data on SAC1, Code Yellow, Code Black/Alpha, and Code Blue incidents across all WA public hospitals (including those with private operators) for the 2019-20 financial year, broken down by health service.

AnsweredQoN 160Legislative Council
Asked
16 June 2021
Portfolio
Health

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I refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals
with private operators, and incidences such as code alerts and severity
assessment codes such as SAC1s, and I ask: (a) for the North Metropolitan Health Service, during the 2019-20 financial year: (i) how many SAC1s were recorded, please detail the
hospital, time and date they occurred; (ii) how many Code Yellows were recorded, please
detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (iii) how many Code Blacks and Code Black Alphas were
recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (iv) how many Code Blues were recorded, please detail
the hospital, time and date they occurred; (b) for the South Metropolitan Health Service, during the 2019-20 financial year: (i) how many SAC1s were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (ii) how many Code Yellows were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (iii) how many Code Blacks and Code Black Alphas were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (iv) how many Code Blues were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (c) for the East Metropolitan Health Service, during the 2019-20 financial year: (i) how many SAC1s were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (ii) how many Code Yellows were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (iii) how many Code Blacks and Code Black Alphas were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (iv) how many Code Blues were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (d) for the Child and Adolescent Health Service, during the 2019-20 financial year: (i) how many SAC1s were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (ii) how many Code Yellows were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (iii) how many Code Blacks and Code Black Alphas were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (iv) how many Code Blues were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (e) for the Western Australian Country Health
Service, during the 2019-20 financial year: (i) how many SAC1s were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (ii) how many Code Yellows were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; (iii) how many Code Blacks and Code Black Alphas were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred; and (iv) how many Code Blues were recorded, please detail the hospital, time and date they occurred?

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Answered
13 October 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(a)-(d) & (e)(ii)-(iv) Please see tabled paper no.
(e)(i) Please see tabled paper no.

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