❓ Hon Wilson Tucker asks about Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) usage and costs for Karratha residents, specifically regarding MRI referrals and overall scheme access in the 2020-21 financial year. The Minister provides data on MRI referrals, total PATS users, and total subsidy costs.
AnsweredQoN 790Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PATIENT ASSISTED TRAVEL
SCHEME — KARRATHA
790. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
(1) How many
Karratha Health Campus patients were referred to Perth-based MRI services in
the 2020–21 financial year?
(2) How many Karratha residents have accessed the
patient assisted travel scheme in the 2020–21 financial year?
(3) What is the estimated cost of PATS subsidies
provided to Karratha residents in the 2020–21 financial year?
SCHEME — KARRATHA
790. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
(1) How many
Karratha Health Campus patients were referred to Perth-based MRI services in
the 2020–21 financial year?
(2) How many Karratha residents have accessed the
patient assisted travel scheme in the 2020–21 financial year?
(3) What is the estimated cost of PATS subsidies
provided to Karratha residents in the 2020–21 financial year?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1) One hundred
and thirty patients received patient assisted travel scheme assistance to
travel to Perth-based MRI services in the 2020–21 financial year.
(2) The WA
Country Health Service is unable to provide further data as information is not
captured in any WACHS systems, as this is a referral completed for either
private or public organisations.
(2) One thousand
and forty-two individual Karratha residents accessed the patient assisted
travel scheme in the 2020–21 financial year.
(3) The estimated
cost of PATS subsidies provided to Karratha residents in the 2020–21
financial year was $1 810 423.
The data source for this answer is
the PATS database, and applications were received and processed through
Karratha Health Campus.
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1) One hundred
and thirty patients received patient assisted travel scheme assistance to
travel to Perth-based MRI services in the 2020–21 financial year.
(2) The WA
Country Health Service is unable to provide further data as information is not
captured in any WACHS systems, as this is a referral completed for either
private or public organisations.
(2) One thousand
and forty-two individual Karratha residents accessed the patient assisted
travel scheme in the 2020–21 financial year.
(3) The estimated
cost of PATS subsidies provided to Karratha residents in the 2020–21
financial year was $1 810 423.
The data source for this answer is
the PATS database, and applications were received and processed through
Karratha Health Campus.
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