❓ Question regarding the operational status, staffing, and patient capacity of the Bunbury Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The response reveals the ICU is not yet open and faces staffing challenges.
AnsweredQoN 4984Legislative Council
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I refer to the Bunbury Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (as opposed to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) and the Emergency Department (ED)), and ask -
(1) Since the Bunbury Hospital ICU opened -
(a) How many patients have been admitted to the ICU since the unit opened;
(b) How many of these patients are -
(i) Bunbury residents;
(ii) South West residents; or
(iii) Western Australian residents visiting the South West (resident outside the South West region),
(c) what has been the average bed occupancy per week;
(d) what has been the average length of stay; and
(e) how many patients have had to be transferred to Perth because they needed a level of ICU care higher than that available at the Bunbury Hospital ICU?
(2) How many staff are required to operate the ICU at any time (excluding the HDU and ED)?
(3) Please list all ICU positions currently vacant and how long the positions have been vacant?
(4) Has the Medical Director position been permanently filled?
(5) If yes to (4), when?
(1) Since the Bunbury Hospital ICU opened -
(a) How many patients have been admitted to the ICU since the unit opened;
(b) How many of these patients are -
(i) Bunbury residents;
(ii) South West residents; or
(iii) Western Australian residents visiting the South West (resident outside the South West region),
(c) what has been the average bed occupancy per week;
(d) what has been the average length of stay; and
(e) how many patients have had to be transferred to Perth because they needed a level of ICU care higher than that available at the Bunbury Hospital ICU?
(2) How many staff are required to operate the ICU at any time (excluding the HDU and ED)?
(3) Please list all ICU positions currently vacant and how long the positions have been vacant?
(4) Has the Medical Director position been permanently filled?
(5) If yes to (4), when?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
5 March 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
117 days
(1)(a - e) The Bunbury Hospital ICU has not yet opened.
(2) The FTE will be dependent on patient numbers and acuity. The Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NHpPD) for an ICU is 26 hours.
(3) ICU Medical Director and ICU Intensivist have been vacant since first advertised. The permanent recruitment for both positions is in progress, but has been unsuccessful to date. In the interim a part time Medical Director has been appointed to progress the policy, protocol and linkages with Royal Perth Hospital required to support a fully functioning ICU.
(4) No. The recruitment process is currently underway.
(5) Not applicable.
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(2) The FTE will be dependent on patient numbers and acuity. The Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NHpPD) for an ICU is 26 hours.
(3) ICU Medical Director and ICU Intensivist have been vacant since first advertised. The permanent recruitment for both positions is in progress, but has been unsuccessful to date. In the interim a part time Medical Director has been appointed to progress the policy, protocol and linkages with Royal Perth Hospital required to support a fully functioning ICU.
(4) No. The recruitment process is currently underway.
(5) Not applicable.
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