Mr. Cook asks the Minister for Health about ambulance diversion/bypass occurrences at several WA hospitals between May and October 2011, including dates, average duration, and longest duration. The Minister provides dates of diversion but refers to a tabled paper for duration details.

AnsweredQoN 6435Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 October 2011
Portfolio
Health

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(1) Will the Minister advise the date/s during May 2011, June 2011, July 2011, August 2011, September 2011 and October 2011 that the following hospitals had active ambulance diversion/ bypass:
(a) Sir Charles Gairdner;
(b) Royal Perth;
(c) Fremantle;
(d) Rockingham- Kwinana;
(e) Swan District;
(f) Armadale Kelmscott; and
(g) Joondalup?
(2) For each hospital with active ambulance diversion/ bypass, what is the average time the Emergency Department was on diversion/ by-pass?
(3) For each hospital Emergency Department, what was the longest period of time that the emergency was on diversion/ bypass?

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Answered
23 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
34 days
(1) The following listed dates indicate days where active diversion was reported for each of the requested hospitals.
(a - b) No active diversion recorded.
(c) 16-Jun-11; and 20-Jul-11.
(d) 25-Jun-11; 29-Aug-11; 30-Aug-11; 09-Oct-11; 10-Oct-11; and 24-Oct-11.
(e) 14-May-11; 07-Jun-11; 13-Jun-11; 20-Jun-11; 21-Jun-11; 24-Jun-11; 01-Jul-11; 04-Jul-11; 08-Jul-11; 21-Jul-11; 23-Jul-11; 25-Jul-11; 01-Aug-11; 02-Aug-11; 15-Sep-11.
(f) 03-May-11; 17-May-11; 28-May-11; 31-May-11; 06-Jun-11; 09-Jul-11; 12-Jul-11; 27-Jul-11; 11-Aug-11; 12-Aug-11; 15-Aug-11; 18-Aug-11; 19-Aug-11; 20-Aug-11; 22-Aug-11; 01-Sep-11; 04-Sep-11; 18-Sep-11; 06-Oct-11; 13-Oct-11; 18-Oct-11; 28-Oct-11.
(g) 30-May-11; 05-Jun-11; 06-Jun-11; 19-Jun-11; 17-Jul-11; and 15-Aug-11.
(2-3) [See tabled paper no]
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