❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice from 2008 regarding hospital bed numbers, surgical waiting lists and assessment times, and ambulance bypass figures at Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner, and Princess Margaret Hospitals. The response provides data from January 2007 and 2008, with some caveats regarding data availability and methodology.
AnsweredQoN 3132Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital?
(2) What is the number of patients on waiting lists as at 15 January 2008 and times for non-urgent surgery for:
(a) hip replacements;
(b) knee replacements;
(c) Grommet insertions;
(d) cataract surgery; and
(e) Endoscopes?
(3) What are the waiting times to be assessed as at 15 January 2008 for inclusion on the lists for:
(a) hip replacements;
(b) knee replacements;
(c) Grommet insertions;
(d) cataract surgery; and
(e) Endoscopes?
(4) What are the waiting times as at 15 January 2008 for medical assessments in emergency departments for:
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital?
(5) What are the latest ambulance bypass figures?
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital?
(2) What is the number of patients on waiting lists as at 15 January 2008 and times for non-urgent surgery for:
(a) hip replacements;
(b) knee replacements;
(c) Grommet insertions;
(d) cataract surgery; and
(e) Endoscopes?
(3) What are the waiting times to be assessed as at 15 January 2008 for inclusion on the lists for:
(a) hip replacements;
(b) knee replacements;
(c) Grommet insertions;
(d) cataract surgery; and
(e) Endoscopes?
(4) What are the waiting times as at 15 January 2008 for medical assessments in emergency departments for:
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital?
(5) What are the latest ambulance bypass figures?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 April 2008
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
22 days
(1) The number of available active beds (sameday and multiday) are:
(a)
15 January 2007
Wellington Street Campus 642
Shenton Park Campus 196
Royal Perth Hospital Total 838
15 January 2008
Wellington Street Campus 637
Shenton Park Campus 196
Royal Perth Hospital Total 833
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:
15 January 2007 556
15 January 2008 553
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital
#
:
15 January 2007 182
15 January 2008 200
# -
Please note: Both these periods still have some Christmas closures in place
(2007 - 24 beds; 2008 - 6 beds)
(2) The number of patients on WA public hospital (including Joondalup and Peel Health Campus) waiting lists as at 13 January 2008 (closest available data to 15 January) and median waiting times on the waiting list for non-urgent surgery (Urgency Category 3) for the procedures specified in (a) to (e) are presented in Table 1 below.
Table 1
Number of patients on waiting list
Median waiting times (months)
(a) Hip replacements
158
3.37
(b) Knee replacements
356
3.75
(c) Grommet insertions
163
2.66
(d) Cataract surgery
1,784
3.65
(e) Endoscopes
2
2.17
(3) Table 2, below, presents the mean
1
waiting times to be assessed
2
at metropolitan public hospitals (not including Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses)
3
for the specialities
4
that include the procedures specified in (a) to (e).
Table 2
Mean waiting times (months)
(a)(b) Orthopaedics
4.87
(c) ENT (PMH only)
5
3.94
(d) Ophthalmology
3.15
(e) Gastroenterology
3.38
Notes:
1. The mean (as opposed to the
median
waiting time used for measuring waiting times on the inpatient waiting lists) is used here because many patients are seen at the outpatient clinics in a short space of time after their referral is received by the hospital; the mean better accounts for the longer times that some patients wait.
2. The waiting time to be assessed has been calculated from the date of the hospital's receipt of the referral to the first appointment date, with the first appointment date occurring anywhere within the period
1 July 2007 to 13 March 2008
(to ensure a reasonable volume of cases from which to calculate the median waiting time).
Since the outpatient database system continually updates the data and no 'snapshot' view of this specific data was taken at or around 15 January, 13 March is the closest available data
.
3. Country hospitals and Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses do not provide data on outpatient referrals to DOH databases.
4. Outpatient data is not received by DOH databases at procedure level. Specialty of clinic is the closest available clinical category for the procedures specified in this question. The specialties in the table will include surgical procedures other than those specified in the question, as well as non-surgical procedures.
5. The grommets procedure is most commonly performed on children and so the ENT outpatient assessment waiting times have been restricted to PMH as the best estimation of waiting times for that procedure.
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(a)
15 January 2007
Wellington Street Campus 642
Shenton Park Campus 196
Royal Perth Hospital Total 838
15 January 2008
Wellington Street Campus 637
Shenton Park Campus 196
Royal Perth Hospital Total 833
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital:
15 January 2007 556
15 January 2008 553
(c) Princess Margaret Hospital
#
:
15 January 2007 182
15 January 2008 200
# -
Please note: Both these periods still have some Christmas closures in place
(2007 - 24 beds; 2008 - 6 beds)
(2) The number of patients on WA public hospital (including Joondalup and Peel Health Campus) waiting lists as at 13 January 2008 (closest available data to 15 January) and median waiting times on the waiting list for non-urgent surgery (Urgency Category 3) for the procedures specified in (a) to (e) are presented in Table 1 below.
Table 1
Number of patients on waiting list
Median waiting times (months)
(a) Hip replacements
158
3.37
(b) Knee replacements
356
3.75
(c) Grommet insertions
163
2.66
(d) Cataract surgery
1,784
3.65
(e) Endoscopes
2
2.17
(3) Table 2, below, presents the mean
1
waiting times to be assessed
2
at metropolitan public hospitals (not including Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses)
3
for the specialities
4
that include the procedures specified in (a) to (e).
Table 2
Mean waiting times (months)
(a)(b) Orthopaedics
4.87
(c) ENT (PMH only)
5
3.94
(d) Ophthalmology
3.15
(e) Gastroenterology
3.38
Notes:
1. The mean (as opposed to the
median
waiting time used for measuring waiting times on the inpatient waiting lists) is used here because many patients are seen at the outpatient clinics in a short space of time after their referral is received by the hospital; the mean better accounts for the longer times that some patients wait.
2. The waiting time to be assessed has been calculated from the date of the hospital's receipt of the referral to the first appointment date, with the first appointment date occurring anywhere within the period
1 July 2007 to 13 March 2008
(to ensure a reasonable volume of cases from which to calculate the median waiting time).
Since the outpatient database system continually updates the data and no 'snapshot' view of this specific data was taken at or around 15 January, 13 March is the closest available data
.
3. Country hospitals and Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses do not provide data on outpatient referrals to DOH databases.
4. Outpatient data is not received by DOH databases at procedure level. Specialty of clinic is the closest available clinical category for the procedures specified in this question. The specialties in the table will include surgical procedures other than those specified in the question, as well as non-surgical procedures.
5. The grommets procedure is most commonly performed on children and so the ENT outpatient assessment waiting times have been restricted to PMH as the best estimation of waiting times for that procedure.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
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