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❓ Hon. Simon Ehrenfeld questions the Health Minister regarding bed occupancy by medically fit for discharge patients since January 2022, following a significant investment in a real-time data platform. The Minister's response indicates the data is unavailable as the relevant flag was only established in June 2024.

AnsweredQoN 418Legislative Council

Asked

13 August 2025

Member

Hon Simon Ehrenfeld

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to the State Government's $18.6 billion investment in a real-time data platform to give visibility across the Western Australian health network, including medically fit for discharge patients, and I ask: (a) for each month since January 2022, how many bed days have been occupied by patients who were "medically fit for discharge"; and (b) how many bed days were filled by patients who were "medically fit for discharge" and awaiting transfer to an aged care facility, broken down by each month since 2022?

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Answered

16 September 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health

Response time

8 days

The investment in the real time data platform is $39.8 million.
(a) - (b) The medically fit for discharge flag was established in June 2024 and continues to be implemented. As such the information requested is not available.

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