❓ Hon Sue Ellery asks about the frequency of 'black status' bed unavailability at Fiona Stanley, Royal Perth, and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitals since 1 July 2015. The parliamentary secretary provides a general explanation and partial data.
AnsweredQoN 1428Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
HOSPITALS —
BED AVAILABILITY — BLACK STATUS
1428. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to today's reports of black status in terms
of bed unavailability at Fiona Stanley Hospital. How many times since 1 July
2015 has each of the following hospitals had black status for bed availability —
(a) Fiona
Stanley Hospital;
(b) Royal
Perth Hospital; and
(c) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital?
BED AVAILABILITY — BLACK STATUS
1428. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to today's reports of black status in terms
of bed unavailability at Fiona Stanley Hospital. How many times since 1 July
2015 has each of the following hospitals had black status for bed availability —
(a) Fiona
Stanley Hospital;
(b) Royal
Perth Hospital; and
(c) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The bed state alert system is used
statewide, nationally and internationally in hospitals as an internal bed
management process that helps staff manage patient care in order to meet
demand, ensuring that patients are admitted to the right bed, at the right
time, the first time. The information is a prompt for ward staff to implement
strategies to ensure patients who can be safely discharged are discharged
appropriately to allow for emergency department elective admissions, patients
for transfer et cetera to be admitted to the most appropriate place of care. In
relation to the specific hospitals —
(a)–(b) this data is
currently being collated and will be available tomorrow, 3 December 2015; and
(c) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital had
black status for bed availability 114 times.
some notice of the question.
The bed state alert system is used
statewide, nationally and internationally in hospitals as an internal bed
management process that helps staff manage patient care in order to meet
demand, ensuring that patients are admitted to the right bed, at the right
time, the first time. The information is a prompt for ward staff to implement
strategies to ensure patients who can be safely discharged are discharged
appropriately to allow for emergency department elective admissions, patients
for transfer et cetera to be admitted to the most appropriate place of care. In
relation to the specific hospitals —
(a)–(b) this data is
currently being collated and will be available tomorrow, 3 December 2015; and
(c) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital had
black status for bed availability 114 times.
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