❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Health Department about maternity bypasses in Perth and regional WA during January and February 2024. The response details bypass numbers by health service provider in Perth and a single instance in Derby, with no impact on expectant mothers.
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(1) Please provide the number of maternity bypasses that have occurred across the Perth metropolitan health services administered by the health department in the months of January and February 2024, with a breakdown by hospital? (2) Please provide the number of maternity bypasses that have occurred across the country health services administered by the health department in the months of January and February 2024, with a breakdown by hospital?
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Answered
16 May 2024
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
8 days
(1) Hospitals never go on full bypass, and assessment services are always available. All efforts are made to avoid diversion which is only ever supported in response to patient safety and access concerns. Women are assessed by a midwife to ensure it is safe for them to be transferred to another hospital to give birth.
King Edward Memorial Hospital is a tertiary service and as such, is never on diversion for tertiary level care. Patients who require non-tertiary level or low-acuity care may be transferred to another health service.
Health Service Provider
North Metropolitan Health Service
East Metropolitan Health Service
South Metropolitan Health Service
Number of Maternity Bypasses
10
17
21
(2) One occasion at Derby Hospital. No expectant women were impacted by this bypass.
King Edward Memorial Hospital is a tertiary service and as such, is never on diversion for tertiary level care. Patients who require non-tertiary level or low-acuity care may be transferred to another health service.
Health Service Provider
North Metropolitan Health Service
East Metropolitan Health Service
South Metropolitan Health Service
Number of Maternity Bypasses
10
17
21
(2) One occasion at Derby Hospital. No expectant women were impacted by this bypass.
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