❓ Hon Nigel Hallett asks the Minister for Health about median and longest median waiting times for admission to several WA hospitals. The Minister responds that hospitals don't capture data in that specific way, but provides information on emergency department wait times.
AnsweredQoN 2943Legislative Council
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(b) median waiting time; and (c) longest median waiting time, for admission to the following hospitals - (i) RPH; (ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(c) longest median waiting time, for admission to the following hospitals - (i) RPH; (ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
for admission to the following hospitals - (i) RPH; (ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
The Minister for Health has been advised that times are recorded in the following instances when a patient presents at emergency departments: - seen by triage nurse - seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- seen by triage nurse - seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
(c) longest median waiting time, for admission to the following hospitals - (i) RPH; (ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
for admission to the following hospitals - (i) RPH; (ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(ii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(iii) Fremantle Hospital; (iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(iv) Princess Margaret Hospital; (v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(v) Swan Districts Hospital; (vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(vi) Rockingham Hospital; and (vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
(vii) Joondalup Health Campus?
The Minister for Health has been advised that times are recorded in the following instances when a patient presents at emergency departments: - seen by triage nurse - seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- seen by triage nurse - seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- seen by doctor - clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and - patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility). Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways: - < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- < 8 hours - 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- 8 to 24 hours - > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- > 24 hours. The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
The above timeframes are in line with national practice. Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals". Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
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Answered
29 November 2005
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
14 days
The Minister for Health has been advised that times are recorded in the following instances when a patient presents at emergency departments:
- seen by triage nurse
- seen by doctor
- clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and
- patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility).
Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways:
- < 8 hours
- 8 to 24 hours
- > 24 hours.
The above timeframes are in line with national practice.
Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals".
Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
- seen by triage nurse
- seen by doctor
- clerical process of booking a bed in the hospital for those patients requiring a ward hospital bed; and
- patient leaving emergency department to go to ward bed (or home or another facility).
Data relating to expiration of time can be captured in the context of being seen by a triage nurse and reaching ward bed in the following ways:
- < 8 hours
- 8 to 24 hours
- > 24 hours.
The above timeframes are in line with national practice.
Reports are generated only in the above categories. Hospitals do not capture "waiting times for admission to hospitals".
Should the Hon Member have a specific enquiry in relation to data that is recorded by hospitals, he will endeavour to assist.
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