Hon Adele Farina asked the Attorney General for data on deaths at home in Bunbury, specifically related to natural causes and palliative care. The Attorney General responded that the information is not readily available and would require significant resources to compile.

AnsweredQoN 4447Legislative Council
Asked
11 October 2016
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Attorney General

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(1) In each 2014 and 2015: (a) how many people living in Bunbury died of natural causes in their home; and (b) how many of these people had been palliative care patients or at the terminal phase of their lives? (2) Between 8 February to 1 September 2016: (a) how many people living in Bunbury died of natural causes in their home; and (b) how many of these people had been palliative care patients or at the terminal phase of their lives?

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Answered
16 November 2016
Response time
36 days
(1) – (2) The current information systems within the Department of the Attorney General cannot provide the information required to answer these questions. This request would require the investment of considerable resources to firstly, identify the individual coronial cases and secondly, to undertake a detailed manual examination of each coronial file.

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