❓ Dr. Walker questions the Minister for Health regarding deaths from properly prescribed medication, referencing national sentinel event reporting and Victoria's additional category. He inquires about WA's reported deaths and proposes adding a similar category to WA's reporting. The Minister responds that there have been zero sentinel events of this type since 2020-21.
AnsweredQoN 561Legislative Assembly
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Prescription medication561.Hon Dr Brian Walkerto theparliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Health:I thank the minister
for her response to my question of last week, on deaths resulting from
prescription medication, though I confess that I was hoping for a little more
detail. To that end, might I refer the minister to the ten sentinel categories
that all states and territories are required to report to the Commonwealth, and
note that Victoria has an 11th of its own making.(1) How many deaths due to properly prescribed,
properly administered medication have been reported to the Commonwealth by Western
Australia over the last five years?(2) If the answer to
(1) is that the data is not captured under the ten sentinel categories, would
the governmentbe open to adding an 11th that would capture it, perhaps
along the lines of that introduced in Victoria, which I believe includes "All
other adverse patient safety events resulting in serious harm or death"?(3) If not, why not?
secretary representing the Minister for Health:I thank the minister
for her response to my question of last week, on deaths resulting from
prescription medication, though I confess that I was hoping for a little more
detail. To that end, might I refer the minister to the ten sentinel categories
that all states and territories are required to report to the Commonwealth, and
note that Victoria has an 11th of its own making.(1) How many deaths due to properly prescribed,
properly administered medication have been reported to the Commonwealth by Western
Australia over the last five years?(2) If the answer to
(1) is that the data is not captured under the ten sentinel categories, would
the governmentbe open to adding an 11th that would capture it, perhaps
along the lines of that introduced in Victoria, which I believe includes "All
other adverse patient safety events resulting in serious harm or death"?(3) If not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following has been
provided by the Minister for Health.(1)–(3) There have been zero sentinel
events due to properly prescribed, properly administered medication since 2020–21.
Prescription medication
561.Hon Dr Brian Walkerto theparliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I thank the minister
for her response to my question of last week, on deaths resulting from
prescription medication, though I confess that I was hoping for a little more
detail. To that end, might I refer the minister to the ten sentinel categories
that all states and territories are required to report to the Commonwealth, and
note that Victoria has an 11th of its own making.
(1) How many deaths due to properly prescribed,
properly administered medication have been reported to the Commonwealth by Western
Australia over the last five years?
(2) If the answer to
(1) is that the data is not captured under the ten sentinel categories, would
the governmentbe open to adding an 11th that would capture it, perhaps
along the lines of that introduced in Victoria, which I believe includes "All
other adverse patient safety events resulting in serious harm or death"?
(3) If not, why not?
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following has been
provided by the Minister for Health.(1)–(3) There have been zero sentinel
events due to properly prescribed, properly administered medication since 2020–21.
Prescription medication
561.Hon Dr Brian Walkerto theparliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I thank the minister
for her response to my question of last week, on deaths resulting from
prescription medication, though I confess that I was hoping for a little more
detail. To that end, might I refer the minister to the ten sentinel categories
that all states and territories are required to report to the Commonwealth, and
note that Victoria has an 11th of its own making.
(1) How many deaths due to properly prescribed,
properly administered medication have been reported to the Commonwealth by Western
Australia over the last five years?
(2) If the answer to
(1) is that the data is not captured under the ten sentinel categories, would
the governmentbe open to adding an 11th that would capture it, perhaps
along the lines of that introduced in Victoria, which I believe includes "All
other adverse patient safety events resulting in serious harm or death"?
(3) If not, why not?
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