❓ Hon Steve Martin questions the Minister for Health regarding the number of urgent category 2 elective surgeries permitted by various health service providers during a four-week period due to scaling back elective surgeries. The Minister provides the maximum weekly cap for each health service provider.
AnsweredQoN 63Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — ELECTIVE SURGERY — CATEGORY 2
63. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the four-week cap on urgent category 2 elective surgeries as advised
by the director general to health staff this week as part of the McGowan
government's plan to scale back elective surgery. How many of these
surgeries will be permitted during this four-week window by the following
health service providers —
(1) South Metropolitan Health
Service;
(2) North Metropolitan Health
Service;
(3) WA Country Health Service;
(4) East Metropolitan Health
Service; and
(5) Child and Adolescent Health
Service—Perth Children's Hospital?
63. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the four-week cap on urgent category 2 elective surgeries as advised
by the director general to health staff this week as part of the McGowan
government's plan to scale back elective surgery. How many of these
surgeries will be permitted during this four-week window by the following
health service providers —
(1) South Metropolitan Health
Service;
(2) North Metropolitan Health
Service;
(3) WA Country Health Service;
(4) East Metropolitan Health
Service; and
(5) Child and Adolescent Health
Service—Perth Children's Hospital?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The
maximum weekly cap of urgent category 2 procedures by the following health
service providers is as follows —
(1) South Metropolitan Health
Service, 115;
(2) North
Metropolitan Health Service, 95;
(3) WA Country
Health Service, 70;
(4) East
Metropolitan Health Service, 130; and
(5) Child and
Adolescent Health Service, 40.
The desirable
waiting time for a category 2 elective surgical procedure is admission within
90 days.
some notice of the question.
The
maximum weekly cap of urgent category 2 procedures by the following health
service providers is as follows —
(1) South Metropolitan Health
Service, 115;
(2) North
Metropolitan Health Service, 95;
(3) WA Country
Health Service, 70;
(4) East
Metropolitan Health Service, 130; and
(5) Child and
Adolescent Health Service, 40.
The desirable
waiting time for a category 2 elective surgical procedure is admission within
90 days.
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