❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) in WA, specifically regarding access, costs, and rejected applications by WA Country Health Service region. The response provides data on patient numbers and costs but lacks data on rejected applications and reasons.
AnsweredQoN 948Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PATIENT ASSISTED TRAVEL
SCHEME
948. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the patient assisted
travel scheme in 2019–20.
(1) How many patients accessed the
scheme by WA Country Health Service region?
(2) What was the total cost of the
scheme by WACHS region?
(3) How many applications for PATS assistance
have been rejected by WACHS by region?
(4) What are the five most common
reasons applications in (3) are rejected?
SCHEME
948. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the patient assisted
travel scheme in 2019–20.
(1) How many patients accessed the
scheme by WA Country Health Service region?
(2) What was the total cost of the
scheme by WACHS region?
(3) How many applications for PATS assistance
have been rejected by WACHS by region?
(4) What are the five most common
reasons applications in (3) are rejected?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
getting that question in.
(1)–(2) This
information is provided in table form. I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material was
incorporated —
Region
Total Patients assisted(1)
Regional program costs (including subsidy and
administration)(2)
Goldfields
4451
$5,051,984
Great
Southern
4615
$3,345,681
Kimberley
3860
$9,372,226
Midwest
5303
$4,659,396
Pilbara
6166
$8,019,640
Southwest
3619
$2,374,491
Wheatbelt
4217
$2,195,912
(3) The PATS
online database—SHaRE—and application processing system does
not capture data relating to declined applications.
(4) The current
PATS application processing system does not capture reasons for declined
applications. All applications are assessed
against PATS policy and eligibility criteria and approved or declined
accordingly.
getting that question in.
(1)–(2) This
information is provided in table form. I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material was
incorporated —
Region
Total Patients assisted(1)
Regional program costs (including subsidy and
administration)(2)
Goldfields
4451
$5,051,984
Great
Southern
4615
$3,345,681
Kimberley
3860
$9,372,226
Midwest
5303
$4,659,396
Pilbara
6166
$8,019,640
Southwest
3619
$2,374,491
Wheatbelt
4217
$2,195,912
(3) The PATS
online database—SHaRE—and application processing system does
not capture data relating to declined applications.
(4) The current
PATS application processing system does not capture reasons for declined
applications. All applications are assessed
against PATS policy and eligibility criteria and approved or declined
accordingly.
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