❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the public reporting of patient handover times from ambulances to hospitals, specifically questioning the lack of regional data and requesting handover time data for both metropolitan and regional hospitals.
AnsweredQoN 2894Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I
refer to the Parliamentary Secretary's commitment in question without notice 1367
answered on 20 November 2019 where the Parliamentary Secretary stated that the Government is ‘committed to
providing public reporting related to the timeliness of patient handover from
ambulance crews to hospital emergency department staff for both metropolitan
and regional sites’, and I ask: (a) why
has reporting commenced for metropolitan sites but not regional sites; (b) on
what date did reporting commence for metropolitan sites; (c) does
the Minister have access to data for regional sites, and if yes, why is it not being
publicly reported as committed; and (d) since
the media statement of 19 December 2019, which announced changes to reporting
on hospital activity, for each regional and metropolitan hospital to date, by
month, please provide the target and achieved time for patient handover from
ambulance services to a hospital’s emergency department?
refer to the Parliamentary Secretary's commitment in question without notice 1367
answered on 20 November 2019 where the Parliamentary Secretary stated that the Government is ‘committed to
providing public reporting related to the timeliness of patient handover from
ambulance crews to hospital emergency department staff for both metropolitan
and regional sites’, and I ask: (a) why
has reporting commenced for metropolitan sites but not regional sites; (b) on
what date did reporting commence for metropolitan sites; (c) does
the Minister have access to data for regional sites, and if yes, why is it not being
publicly reported as committed; and (d) since
the media statement of 19 December 2019, which announced changes to reporting
on hospital activity, for each regional and metropolitan hospital to date, by
month, please provide the target and achieved time for patient handover from
ambulance services to a hospital’s emergency department?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 June 2020
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) The Department of Health (DOH) is currently working with St John Ambulance to expand its data collection and reporting capabilities to include transfer of care for regional hospitals. This data is not currently supplied due to concerns regarding its consistency, given the reliance on volunteer paramedics in regional areas. An assessment of data quality will form part of the work to incorporate regional data into the existing data collection.
(b) 19 December 2019.
(c) Please refer to (a).
(d) Please refer to Table 1 below, noting that the DOH is unable to provide data for regional hospitals. The target for all hospitals is 90%.
Table 1: Percentage of ambulance patients transferred within 30 minutes, by month and hospital
Hospital
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020 (as at 17/4)
Royal Perth Hospital
64.10%
69.60%
67.70%
74.10%
80.90%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
71.70%
74.90%
72.70%
77.00%
81.70%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
77.70%
79.30%
70.20%
73.30%
72.70%
Tertiary Total
71.20%
74.50%
70.30%
74.90%
78.80%
Perth Children’s Hospital
98.20%
98.20%
96.70%
97.50%
96.30%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
100.00%
100.00%
93.90%
96.30%
100.00%
Women’s and Children’s Total
98.50%
98.50%
96.40%
97.40%
96.90%
Armadale Health Service
71.90%
80.00%
74.90%
84.10%
82.80%
St John of God Midland Hospital
74.40%
71.50%
69.70%
66.10%
66.40%
Rockingham General Hospital
74.50%
74.40%
73.40%
70.30%
84.90%
Joondalup Health Campus
58.40%
60.10%
60.30%
66.60%
80.80%
Peel Health Campus
67.00%
66.10%
64.10%
72.70%
82.90%
Secondary Total
68.30%
69.00%
67.30%
70.50%
78.20%
Metropolitan Total
70.90%
73.00%
70.00%
73.80%
79.10%
(a) The Department of Health (DOH) is currently working with St John Ambulance to expand its data collection and reporting capabilities to include transfer of care for regional hospitals. This data is not currently supplied due to concerns regarding its consistency, given the reliance on volunteer paramedics in regional areas. An assessment of data quality will form part of the work to incorporate regional data into the existing data collection.
(b) 19 December 2019.
(c) Please refer to (a).
(d) Please refer to Table 1 below, noting that the DOH is unable to provide data for regional hospitals. The target for all hospitals is 90%.
Table 1: Percentage of ambulance patients transferred within 30 minutes, by month and hospital
Hospital
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020 (as at 17/4)
Royal Perth Hospital
64.10%
69.60%
67.70%
74.10%
80.90%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
71.70%
74.90%
72.70%
77.00%
81.70%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
77.70%
79.30%
70.20%
73.30%
72.70%
Tertiary Total
71.20%
74.50%
70.30%
74.90%
78.80%
Perth Children’s Hospital
98.20%
98.20%
96.70%
97.50%
96.30%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
100.00%
100.00%
93.90%
96.30%
100.00%
Women’s and Children’s Total
98.50%
98.50%
96.40%
97.40%
96.90%
Armadale Health Service
71.90%
80.00%
74.90%
84.10%
82.80%
St John of God Midland Hospital
74.40%
71.50%
69.70%
66.10%
66.40%
Rockingham General Hospital
74.50%
74.40%
73.40%
70.30%
84.90%
Joondalup Health Campus
58.40%
60.10%
60.30%
66.60%
80.80%
Peel Health Campus
67.00%
66.10%
64.10%
72.70%
82.90%
Secondary Total
68.30%
69.00%
67.30%
70.50%
78.20%
Metropolitan Total
70.90%
73.00%
70.00%
73.80%
79.10%
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