❓ Question regarding the amount of money spent on special wait list patients for operations, broken down by hospital and operation type, for the period of July 1999 to June 2000. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown of funding and cases.
AnsweredQoN 646Legislative Assembly
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646. Ms McHALE to the Minister for Health:
(1) How much money available for special wait list patients to receive their operations, was spent up to 30 June 2000?
(2) Which Hospitals received this money and how much?
(3) How many, and what type of operations, did each Hospital perform?
(1) How much money available for special wait list patients to receive their operations, was spent up to 30 June 2000?
(2) Which Hospitals received this money and how much?
(3) How many, and what type of operations, did each Hospital perform?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
70 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) $25 214 484 for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.
(2) The following list provides a breakdown of the allocation of money for "Long-wait" elective surgery waitlist activity for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000:
Health Service Activity Amount ($'s)
Armadale Health Service $875 103
Avon Health Service (Northam) $68 450
Bentley Health Service $843 942
Central Wheatbelt Health Service $71 319
Derby Health Service $16 567
Fremantle Hospital & Health Service $3 624 103
Gascoyne Health Service $35 150
Geraldton Health Service $994 119
Joondalup Health Campus $4 972 268
Kalamunda Health Service $141 751
Kalgoorlie Health Service $33 128
Kimberley Health Service (Broome) $25 778
Lower Great Southern Health Service (Albany) $68 476
North Metropolitan Health Service $652 048
Peel Health Campus $2 152 228
Perth Dental Hospital & Community Dental Services $370 419
Princess Margaret Hospital $131 600
Rockingham Kwinana Health Services $741 754
Royal Perth Hospital $4 047 189
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital $3 916 740
South East Coastal Health Service $90 650
Swan Health Service $1 341 702
(3) The following list provides a breakdown of the number of cases for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000:
Health Service Cases
Armadale Health Service 525
Avon Health Service (Northam) 37
Bentley Health Service 526
Central Wheatbelt Health Service 40
Derby Health Service 20
Fremantle Hospital & Health Service 840
Gascoyne Health Service (Carnarvon) 19
Geraldton Health Service 409
Joondalup Health Campus 2024
Kalamunda Health Service 92
Kalgoorlie Health Service 24
Kimberley Health Service (Broome) 24
Lower Great Southern Health Service (Albany) 83
North Metropolitan Health Service 501
Peel Health Campus 1062
Perth Dental Hospital & Community Dental Services 929
Princess Margaret Hospital 166
Rockingham Kwinana Health Services 539
Royal Perth Hospital 1456
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 1587
South East Coastal Health Service 49
Swan Health Service 572
The major types of operations performed comprised the priority areas of:
- Orthopaedic: Joint (Hips and Knee) Replacement and Revision surgery, Arthroscopy;
- Ophthalmology: (e.g. Cataract & Lens replacement surgery);
- Plastic Surgery: (e.g. Post - Mastectomy Breast reconstructions);
- Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy;
- ENT Surgery: (eg Tonsillectomies, Septoplasty, Myringotomy, Cochlear Implants);
- Dental Surgery: (eg Extractions, Restorations - Princess Margaret Hospital);
- Gastroenterology: (e.g. Colonoscopy, Gastroscopy, Endoscopy)
- Other "long-wait" elective surgery (e.g. Hernia repair, Haemorrhoidectomy) .
(1) $25 214 484 for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.
(2) The following list provides a breakdown of the allocation of money for "Long-wait" elective surgery waitlist activity for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000:
Health Service Activity Amount ($'s)
Armadale Health Service $875 103
Avon Health Service (Northam) $68 450
Bentley Health Service $843 942
Central Wheatbelt Health Service $71 319
Derby Health Service $16 567
Fremantle Hospital & Health Service $3 624 103
Gascoyne Health Service $35 150
Geraldton Health Service $994 119
Joondalup Health Campus $4 972 268
Kalamunda Health Service $141 751
Kalgoorlie Health Service $33 128
Kimberley Health Service (Broome) $25 778
Lower Great Southern Health Service (Albany) $68 476
North Metropolitan Health Service $652 048
Peel Health Campus $2 152 228
Perth Dental Hospital & Community Dental Services $370 419
Princess Margaret Hospital $131 600
Rockingham Kwinana Health Services $741 754
Royal Perth Hospital $4 047 189
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital $3 916 740
South East Coastal Health Service $90 650
Swan Health Service $1 341 702
(3) The following list provides a breakdown of the number of cases for the period 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000:
Health Service Cases
Armadale Health Service 525
Avon Health Service (Northam) 37
Bentley Health Service 526
Central Wheatbelt Health Service 40
Derby Health Service 20
Fremantle Hospital & Health Service 840
Gascoyne Health Service (Carnarvon) 19
Geraldton Health Service 409
Joondalup Health Campus 2024
Kalamunda Health Service 92
Kalgoorlie Health Service 24
Kimberley Health Service (Broome) 24
Lower Great Southern Health Service (Albany) 83
North Metropolitan Health Service 501
Peel Health Campus 1062
Perth Dental Hospital & Community Dental Services 929
Princess Margaret Hospital 166
Rockingham Kwinana Health Services 539
Royal Perth Hospital 1456
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 1587
South East Coastal Health Service 49
Swan Health Service 572
The major types of operations performed comprised the priority areas of:
- Orthopaedic: Joint (Hips and Knee) Replacement and Revision surgery, Arthroscopy;
- Ophthalmology: (e.g. Cataract & Lens replacement surgery);
- Plastic Surgery: (e.g. Post - Mastectomy Breast reconstructions);
- Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy;
- ENT Surgery: (eg Tonsillectomies, Septoplasty, Myringotomy, Cochlear Implants);
- Dental Surgery: (eg Extractions, Restorations - Princess Margaret Hospital);
- Gastroenterology: (e.g. Colonoscopy, Gastroscopy, Endoscopy)
- Other "long-wait" elective surgery (e.g. Hernia repair, Haemorrhoidectomy) .
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