Question requests detailed monthly wait times for various allied health and specialist services across WA regions since August 2017. The answer indicates this data isn't readily available and outlines ongoing projects to improve outpatient data collection.

AnsweredQoN 5121Legislative Assembly
Asked
7 May 2019
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health

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For each month since August 2017, by region, what were the average wait-times in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid-West, Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, South West, Peel and Perth to access: (a) a speech pathologist; (b) an occupational therapist; (c) a physiotherapist; (d) a psychologist; (e) an ear, nose and throat specialist; (f) a psychiatrist; and (g) a counsellor?

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Answered
11 June 2019
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a)-(g) Detailed information on wait times for non-admitted services is not currently available. There is currently underway a comprehensive, multi-faceted range of Outpatient Reform Projects. 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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