❓ WA parliamentary question regarding hospital surgery waiting lists, wait times, theatre occupancy, over-boundary patients, and paediatric outpatient clinic wait times. The response provides some data and indicates ongoing efforts to improve outpatient data collection.
AnsweredQoN 5944Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 December 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
QuestionView source ↗
For each hospital will the Minister please provide the following information: (a) What are the numbers on the surgery waiting list for each surgical specialty; (b) What are the wait times for each urgency category in each specialty; (c) What are the theatre occupancy rates on weekends; (d) How many patients are over boundary in each specialty in each category and what are their wait times; and (e) What are the wait times and numbers for paediatric outpatient clinic: (i) How many are over boundary and what are their wait times.?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
12 February 2020
Response time
2 days
I am advised:
(a)-(b) & (d)
Refer to the Elective Surgery Waitlist Reports located on the Our Performance page of the WA Department of Health website; https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Our-performance
(c)
Theatre Utilisation % by Hospital
16/17
17/18
18/19
19/20
Albany Hospital
80.6%
90.9%
83.7%
76.8%
Armadale Health Service
30.7%
50.0%
53.0%
54.2%
Bentley Health Service
95.4%
89.8%
58.2%
98.6%
Broome Health Campus
97.0%
89.7%
74.6%
81.8%
Bunbury Hospital
36.2%
41.0%
42.1%
41.1%
Busselton Hospital
45.8%
32.5%
28.4%
25.3%
Carnarvon Hospital
52.1%
88.9%
40.9%
N/A
Derby Hospital
64.3%
47.9%
49.8%
56.3%
Esperance Hospital
46.0%
56.9%
61.9%
83.4%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
41.1%
45.7%
47.3%
46.7%
Geraldton Hospital
94.3%
93.9%
94.4%
92.7%
Kalgoorlie Health Campus
44.9%
54.7%
65.9%
76.9%
Karratha Health Campus &
Nickol Bay Hospital
66.3%
71.8%
81.8%
78.1%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
28.7%
28.2%
30.7%
31.8%
Kununurra Hospital
45.5%
30.7%
18.6%
24.9%
Narrogin Hospital
51.1%
47.7%
55.0%
54.5%
Osborne Park Hospital
19.2%
16.4%
14.7%
14.6%
Perth Children's Hospital & Princess Margaret Hospital
47.1%
52.7%
58.0%
56.2%
Port Hedland Health Campus
31.3%
33.8%
38.8%
42.6%
Rockingham General Hospital
58.9%
30.1%
25.2%
26.8%
Royal Perth Hospital
66.1%
66.0%
77.6%
81.2%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
60.1%
49.8%
53.5%
54.8%
Overall
49.1%
48.7%
51.5%
51.7%
Notes:
‘Theatre Occupancy’ is reported as per ‘Theatre Utilisation’ reporting. This includes:
· All elective and emergency theatre sessions with a valid start time on Saturday and Sunday
· Theatre sessions are measured by scheduled start and end times
· Operation time is measured from wheels in to theatre or anaesthetic start time (whichever is earlier), to wheels out of theatre.
· Theatre utilisation is calculated by the total operation time within the scheduled session/total scheduled theatre session length. i.e. it only counts operating time which falls within the scheduled start and end times and does not include early starts and over runs.
· 2019/20 figures represent year to date (YTD) 1 July to 22 December 2019.
· Perth Children's Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital theatre utilisation has been combined.
· Nickol Bay Hospital & Karratha Health Campus theatre utilisation has been combined.
· Carnarvon Hospital reported no weekend theatre sessions for YTD 19/20.
(e)-(e)(i) Detailed information on wait times for non-admitted services are not currently available. A comprehensive, multi-faceted range of Outpatient Reform Projects are currently underway. These projects include extensive work to improve the quality, consistency and accuracy of outpatient data, including how it is categorised, collected and reported.
(a)-(b) & (d)
Refer to the Elective Surgery Waitlist Reports located on the Our Performance page of the WA Department of Health website; https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Our-performance
(c)
Theatre Utilisation % by Hospital
16/17
17/18
18/19
19/20
Albany Hospital
80.6%
90.9%
83.7%
76.8%
Armadale Health Service
30.7%
50.0%
53.0%
54.2%
Bentley Health Service
95.4%
89.8%
58.2%
98.6%
Broome Health Campus
97.0%
89.7%
74.6%
81.8%
Bunbury Hospital
36.2%
41.0%
42.1%
41.1%
Busselton Hospital
45.8%
32.5%
28.4%
25.3%
Carnarvon Hospital
52.1%
88.9%
40.9%
N/A
Derby Hospital
64.3%
47.9%
49.8%
56.3%
Esperance Hospital
46.0%
56.9%
61.9%
83.4%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
41.1%
45.7%
47.3%
46.7%
Geraldton Hospital
94.3%
93.9%
94.4%
92.7%
Kalgoorlie Health Campus
44.9%
54.7%
65.9%
76.9%
Karratha Health Campus &
Nickol Bay Hospital
66.3%
71.8%
81.8%
78.1%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
28.7%
28.2%
30.7%
31.8%
Kununurra Hospital
45.5%
30.7%
18.6%
24.9%
Narrogin Hospital
51.1%
47.7%
55.0%
54.5%
Osborne Park Hospital
19.2%
16.4%
14.7%
14.6%
Perth Children's Hospital & Princess Margaret Hospital
47.1%
52.7%
58.0%
56.2%
Port Hedland Health Campus
31.3%
33.8%
38.8%
42.6%
Rockingham General Hospital
58.9%
30.1%
25.2%
26.8%
Royal Perth Hospital
66.1%
66.0%
77.6%
81.2%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
60.1%
49.8%
53.5%
54.8%
Overall
49.1%
48.7%
51.5%
51.7%
Notes:
‘Theatre Occupancy’ is reported as per ‘Theatre Utilisation’ reporting. This includes:
· All elective and emergency theatre sessions with a valid start time on Saturday and Sunday
· Theatre sessions are measured by scheduled start and end times
· Operation time is measured from wheels in to theatre or anaesthetic start time (whichever is earlier), to wheels out of theatre.
· Theatre utilisation is calculated by the total operation time within the scheduled session/total scheduled theatre session length. i.e. it only counts operating time which falls within the scheduled start and end times and does not include early starts and over runs.
· 2019/20 figures represent year to date (YTD) 1 July to 22 December 2019.
· Perth Children's Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital theatre utilisation has been combined.
· Nickol Bay Hospital & Karratha Health Campus theatre utilisation has been combined.
· Carnarvon Hospital reported no weekend theatre sessions for YTD 19/20.
(e)-(e)(i) Detailed information on wait times for non-admitted services are not currently available. A comprehensive, multi-faceted range of Outpatient Reform Projects are currently underway. These projects include extensive work to improve the quality, consistency and accuracy of outpatient data, including how it is categorised, collected and reported.
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