❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the Elective Wait List Advocate Committee, covering member remuneration, meeting frequency, decisions undertaken, complaints received, and their outcomes. The response provides details on these aspects, including the committee's review of elective surgery access policy and ongoing investigations into complaints.
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ELECTIVE WAIT LIST ADVOCATE COMMITTEE
I refer to the Elective Wait List Advocate Committee and the Office of Waiting List Advocate. (1) What remuneration does each of the members on this committee receive? (2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER
I refer to the Elective Wait List Advocate Committee and the Office of Waiting List Advocate. (1) What remuneration does each of the members on this committee receive? (2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER
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On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(1) What remuneration does each of the members on this committee receive? (2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(1) What remuneration does each of the members on this committee receive? (2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(2) Since June 2009 — (a) how many times has the committee met; (b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(b) what decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government since; (c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(c) how many complaints have been received; (d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(d) how many of these have been upheld; and (e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
(e) what was the outcome of these complaints?
On behalf of the responsible minister, I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(1) The chairman can be paid $300 per meeting. External to the Department of Health, members can be paid $200. Only two members have claimed sitting fees to date. (2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(2) Since June — (a) the committee has met four times; (b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(b) the committee has reviewed and endorsed the elective surgery access policy. This policy was implemented by the Department of Health in June 2009. The committee has been reviewing specialities that have the highest number of over-boundary cases at the major hospitals; has been reviewing outpatient waiting times by speciality at the major teaching hospitals; and is reviewing outpatient clinic appointment cancellation data and policies at teaching hospitals; (c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(c) two; and (d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
(d)-(e) one complainant did not wish to pursue his complaint as he received a date for the procedure. The second complaint was received on 26 November 2009 and is currently being investigated.
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