Hon. Linda Savage questions whether urgent and complex child development service referrals were seen within the clinically acceptable timeframe of four weeks, as stated in the budget papers. Hon. Helen Morton confirms that initial assessments for priority 1 cases occur within four weeks of referral.

AnsweredQoN 452Legislative Council
Asked
22 June 2011
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES — REFERRALS
I refer to page 181 of volume 1 of the 2010-11 budget paper No 2, which states that “All urgent and complex clients will be seen within the clinically acceptable timeframe of four weeks.” Can the minister confirm that all urgent and complex clients in the 2010–11 year to date have been seen within four weeks of referral to a child development service? Hon HELEN MORTON

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Health. Determination of urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category is a decision made by the assessing clinician or team. I am advised that all urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category have an initial assessment within four weeks of referral to a child development service.
Hon HELEN MORTON replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Health. Determination of urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category is a decision made by the assessing clinician or team. I am advised that all urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category have an initial assessment within four weeks of referral to a child development service.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Health. Determination of urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category is a decision made by the assessing clinician or team. I am advised that all urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category have an initial assessment within four weeks of referral to a child development service.
Determination of urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category is a decision made by the assessing clinician or team. I am advised that all urgent and complex cases within the priority 1 category have an initial assessment within four weeks of referral to a child development service.

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more