❓ Ms. Mettam requests data on cancelled elective surgeries in WA public hospitals from July 2021 to date, and for the previous four financial years, broken down by category and health service provider. The answer refers to an attached document containing the requested data.
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In total, how many elective surgeries (by category and health service provider) were cancelled for each month in the following periods: (a) July 2021- date; (b) 2020-2021; (c) 2019-2020; (d) 2018-2019; and (e) 2017-2018?
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15 February 2022
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Minister for Health
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12 days
(a)-(e) Please refer to Attachment 1.
With regards to (a), data is included for the entire month of October 2021 (1-31) to enable like for like monthly comparison of data.
Elective surgeries are cancelled for both patient initiated reasons and hospital initiated reasons.
This data includes WA public hospitals only, and not data from Contracted Health Entities.
As per standard reporting, only patients ready for care are included.
With regards to (a), data is included for the entire month of October 2021 (1-31) to enable like for like monthly comparison of data.
Elective surgeries are cancelled for both patient initiated reasons and hospital initiated reasons.
This data includes WA public hospitals only, and not data from Contracted Health Entities.
As per standard reporting, only patients ready for care are included.
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