❓ Hon Adele Farina questions the Minister for Health regarding emergency department wait times in regional WA, specifically focusing on the decrease in patients seen within four hours and the performance of the South West Health Campus. The Minister clarifies the 2010 data and provides figures for Bunbury Hospital.
AnsweredQoN 1791Legislative Council
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I refer to emergency department presentations in regional Western Australia, and I ask: (a) the percentage of emergency presentations at Western Australian Country Health Services hospitals with a length of stay of four hours or less has decreased from 87.6 per cent in 2010 to 85.5 per cent in 2013, how does the Minister explain this; (b) what steps are being taken to improve the figure; and (c) what were the percentage of emergency department presentations at the South West Health Campus, with a length of stay of four hours or less in: (i) 2010; and (ii) 2013?
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Answered
25 November 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
(a) The figure of 87.6 percent quoted for the 2010 WA Country Health Service (WACHS) length of stay of four (4) hours or less did not include data for Port Hedland Hospital before it was closed and replaced by the new Hedland Health Campus in November 2010. Including this data provides a National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) figure of 88.1 percent for 2010.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) NEAT Percentage of Emergency Department Attendances at Bunbury Hospital with a Length of Stay of 4 hours or less.
Hospital/Year
2010
2013
Bunbury Hospital
76.5%
74.3%
Note: NEAT replaced the '4 hour rule' program in 2012. It is the measure of the percentage of patients with an emergency department length of stay/episode of four hours or less.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) NEAT Percentage of Emergency Department Attendances at Bunbury Hospital with a Length of Stay of 4 hours or less.
Hospital/Year
2010
2013
Bunbury Hospital
76.5%
74.3%
Note: NEAT replaced the '4 hour rule' program in 2012. It is the measure of the percentage of patients with an emergency department length of stay/episode of four hours or less.
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