❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Minister for Health regarding the lack of publicly available daily ambulance ramping data for regional hospitals, requesting detailed monthly data for all hospitals, including a breakdown for volunteer ambulance services. The Minister's response indicates this data is not currently collected or readily available.
AnsweredQoN 2346Legislative Council
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I refer to recent reports of ambulance ramping, which has
been described by St John Ambulance as the worst they have ever seen, and I
ask: (a) why
does the Department of Health not report on a daily basis ambulance ramping at
regional hospitals in the same way that it does for metropolitan hospitals; (b) will the Minister commit to publish daily data in relation to regional hospital ambulance
ramping; (c) for
each regional hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and
2018-19 financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each
hospital; and (d) for
each public hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and 2018-19
financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each hospital with
respect to volunteer ambulance services only?
been described by St John Ambulance as the worst they have ever seen, and I
ask: (a) why
does the Department of Health not report on a daily basis ambulance ramping at
regional hospitals in the same way that it does for metropolitan hospitals; (b) will the Minister commit to publish daily data in relation to regional hospital ambulance
ramping; (c) for
each regional hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and
2018-19 financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each
hospital; and (d) for
each public hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and 2018-19
financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each hospital with
respect to volunteer ambulance services only?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 September 2019
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) The contract with St John Ambulance (WA) does not include a requirement to provide this data to the Department of Health (DOH).
(b)-(c) Specific data related to ambulance ramping at regional hospitals is currently not available.
(d) Specific data related to volunteer ambulance ramping at hospitals is currently not available.
(a) The contract with St John Ambulance (WA) does not include a requirement to provide this data to the Department of Health (DOH).
(b)-(c) Specific data related to ambulance ramping at regional hospitals is currently not available.
(d) Specific data related to volunteer ambulance ramping at hospitals is currently not available.
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