❓ This WA parliamentary question concerns health services in regional WA, specifically regarding the role delineation of regional hospitals and the number of separations of WA Country Health Service (WACHS) residents in metro hospitals. The response clarifies the role of Hedland Health Campus and the inclusion of WACHS in clinical services frameworks.
AnsweredQoN 7884Legislative Assembly
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Answered
19 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
49 days
(1)(a - f) [See tabled paper no] Nickol Bay is not a Regional Hospital, Hedland Health Campus is the Regional Hospital for the Pilbara.
(2) The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) was not included in the Clinical Services Framework 2005 - 2015, which encompassed only the Metropolitan Area Health Services. The Clinical Services Framework 2010-2020 allows for the first time the inclusion of detailed modelling and role delineation of services provided by WACHS.
(3) Not applicable. See response provided to (2).
(4) For 2010/11 there were a total of 39880 separations of WACHS residents of the five regions listed in the table below, in metro public and private hospitals.
REGION
TOTAL NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS
Albany (Great Southern)
6364
Bunbury (South West)
15642
Hedland Health Campus (Pilbara)
5855
Broome (Kimberley)
4029
Geraldton (Midwest)
7990
TOTAL
39880
This excludes boarders and healthy newborns (unqualified neonates).
(5) [See tabled paper no]
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(2) The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) was not included in the Clinical Services Framework 2005 - 2015, which encompassed only the Metropolitan Area Health Services. The Clinical Services Framework 2010-2020 allows for the first time the inclusion of detailed modelling and role delineation of services provided by WACHS.
(3) Not applicable. See response provided to (2).
(4) For 2010/11 there were a total of 39880 separations of WACHS residents of the five regions listed in the table below, in metro public and private hospitals.
REGION
TOTAL NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS
Albany (Great Southern)
6364
Bunbury (South West)
15642
Hedland Health Campus (Pilbara)
5855
Broome (Kimberley)
4029
Geraldton (Midwest)
7990
TOTAL
39880
This excludes boarders and healthy newborns (unqualified neonates).
(5) [See tabled paper no]
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