❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the status of cardiothoracic surgery services at Fiona Stanley Hospital, including staffing levels, wait times, and patient mortality while on the waitlist. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice due to the complexity and time required to gather the data.
AnsweredQoN 247Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL — SERVICES
247. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to cardiothoracic surgery
undertaken at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
(1) Does the cardiothoracic unit have a full
complement of surgeons; and, if not, how many surgeons is it short?
(2) How many patients were on the waitlist and what
was the average wait time to see a cardiothoracic surgeon at 11 March
2017 and 11 March 2023?
(3) What was the average wait time for surgery once a cardiothoracic
surgeon had been seen at 11 March 2 017 and 11 March 2023?
(4) How many
patients have been removed from the waitlist due to death occurring before
surgery could be performed over the past three years?
247. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to cardiothoracic surgery
undertaken at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
(1) Does the cardiothoracic unit have a full
complement of surgeons; and, if not, how many surgeons is it short?
(2) How many patients were on the waitlist and what
was the average wait time to see a cardiothoracic surgeon at 11 March
2017 and 11 March 2023?
(3) What was the average wait time for surgery once a cardiothoracic
surgeon had been seen at 11 March 2 017 and 11 March 2023?
(4) How many
patients have been removed from the waitlist due to death occurring before
surgery could be performed over the past three years?
AnswerView source ↗
The answer, honourable member, is
this. To allow for a fulsome and accurate answer, I request the member place
their question on notice.
I just make this point. The member
is asking for information to be compared with information available six years
ago and then he is asking for waitlists to be checked over the last three years.
That is not a reasonable question to expect an answer to in four hours. It is
just not reasonable. The better way is to ask a question in here that we can
give the member an answer to, and place that question on notice.
this. To allow for a fulsome and accurate answer, I request the member place
their question on notice.
I just make this point. The member
is asking for information to be compared with information available six years
ago and then he is asking for waitlists to be checked over the last three years.
That is not a reasonable question to expect an answer to in four hours. It is
just not reasonable. The better way is to ask a question in here that we can
give the member an answer to, and place that question on notice.
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