❓ Mr Kirkup's question seeks data on ambulance diversions at Peel Health Campus, including dates, times, number of diverted ambulances, patient admissions, transfers, and reasons for bypasses. The response provides dates/times and reasons, but lacks specific ambulance diversion numbers.
AnsweredQoN 4530Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
QuestionView source ↗
On what dates and times was Peel Health Campus the subject of an ambulance bypass, and for each of these bypass times: (a) How many ambulances were diverted and to what hospitals; (b) How many patients were admitted to PHC for stabilisation: (i) Of these patients how many had to be transferred to other hospitals; and (c) What was the reason for the bypass?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 March 2019
Response time
6 days
I am advised:
Peel Health Campus was on ambulance diversion on five occasions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 and three occasions during February 2019. Specific dates and times are as follows:
From: 29 September 2016 at 21:15 to 30 September 2016 at 01:25
14 August 2017 from 15:40 to 16:50
7 November 2018 from 18:56 to 20:00
22 November 2018 from 21:15 to 23:25
28 December 2018 from 17:55 to 22:30
(a) WA Health can only provide the periods that hospitals are on ambulance diversion. St John Ambulance Australia (SJAA) has advised it does not record the number of ambulances that were dispatched to different hospitals as a result of diversion.
(b) Nil.
(i) Not applicable.
(c)
Date of diversion
Reason for diversion
29 – 30 September 2016
High acuity patients
14 August 2017
Access block
7 November 2018
Access block
22 November 2018
High acuity patients
28 December 2018
Access block and excess patients waiting
Peel Health Campus was on ambulance diversion on five occasions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 and three occasions during February 2019. Specific dates and times are as follows:
From: 29 September 2016 at 21:15 to 30 September 2016 at 01:25
14 August 2017 from 15:40 to 16:50
7 November 2018 from 18:56 to 20:00
22 November 2018 from 21:15 to 23:25
28 December 2018 from 17:55 to 22:30
(a) WA Health can only provide the periods that hospitals are on ambulance diversion. St John Ambulance Australia (SJAA) has advised it does not record the number of ambulances that were dispatched to different hospitals as a result of diversion.
(b) Nil.
(i) Not applicable.
(c)
Date of diversion
Reason for diversion
29 – 30 September 2016
High acuity patients
14 August 2017
Access block
7 November 2018
Access block
22 November 2018
High acuity patients
28 December 2018
Access block and excess patients waiting
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