❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks data on ambulance ramping times for patients with mental health and drug use diagnoses from 2019-2022. The answer reveals proportions and average ramping times for these patient groups.
AnsweredQoN 1228Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the ramping
of ambulances at state hospitals and I ask for each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and I ask: (a) what proportion of patients that experienced
ambulance ramping in each year were classified primarily under a mental
health diagnostic related grouping; (b) what was the average time of ramping in each year for those patients
classified primarily under a mental health diagnostic related grouping; (c) what proportion of patients that experienced
ambulance ramping in each year were classified primarily under a drug use
diagnostic related grouping; and (d) what was the average time of ramping in each year for those patients classified
primarily under a drug use diagnostic related grouping?
of ambulances at state hospitals and I ask for each year of 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and I ask: (a) what proportion of patients that experienced
ambulance ramping in each year were classified primarily under a mental
health diagnostic related grouping; (b) what was the average time of ramping in each year for those patients
classified primarily under a mental health diagnostic related grouping; (c) what proportion of patients that experienced
ambulance ramping in each year were classified primarily under a drug use
diagnostic related grouping; and (d) what was the average time of ramping in each year for those patients classified
primarily under a drug use diagnostic related grouping?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 March 2023
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health
Response time
6 days
(a)
Year
Proportion of patients
2019
13.98%
2020
14.82%
2021
13.92%
2022
12.57%
(b)
Year
Average time
2019
8.7 minutes
2020
10.5 minutes
2021
18.2 minutes
2022
22.8 minutes
(c)
Year
Proportion of patients
2019
2.70%
2020
2.46%
2021
2.30%
2022
2.17%
(d)
Year
Average time
2019
6.8 minutes
2020
7.9 minutes
2021
13.8 minutes
2022
15.8 minutes
Year
Proportion of patients
2019
13.98%
2020
14.82%
2021
13.92%
2022
12.57%
(b)
Year
Average time
2019
8.7 minutes
2020
10.5 minutes
2021
18.2 minutes
2022
22.8 minutes
(c)
Year
Proportion of patients
2019
2.70%
2020
2.46%
2021
2.30%
2022
2.17%
(d)
Year
Average time
2019
6.8 minutes
2020
7.9 minutes
2021
13.8 minutes
2022
15.8 minutes
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