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❓ Question regarding elective surgery cancellations at Busselton Regional Hospital between 2010-2013. The answer provides the total number of elective surgeries conducted each year but claims that specific cancellation data is not readily available and would require significant resources to obtain.

AnsweredQoN 1078Legislative Council

Asked

10 April 2014

Member

Hon Adele Farina

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I refer to the cancellation of elective surgery at the Busselton Regional Hospital in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and I ask: (a) how many elective surgeries were cancelled in each year; (b) what were the reasons for those cancellations; (c) what was the average waiting time for elective surgery prior to cancellation in each year; (d) what was the average additional waiting time for each cancelled elective surgery in each year; and (e) during each of the years in question, what was the total number of elective surgeries conducted?

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Answered

17 June 2014

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health

Response time

68 days

(a-d) Busselton Hospital uses the Health Care and Related Information System (HCARe) client Management System. Waitlist cancellation data is not available for HCARe establishments in the Elective Surgery Wait List Data Collection. It is possible to obtain the information through individual record level review from HCARe. This would require substantial work which is not considered a good use of departmental resources.
Elective surgery can be cancelled for a variety of hospital or patient initiated reasons.
(e) 2010 - 823
2011 - 961
2012 - 1,667
2013 - 1,840

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