❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks data on surgeon performance and complaints at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital. The Minister cites data limitations, privacy laws, and ongoing investigations as reasons for not providing specific figures.
AnsweredQoN 2576Legislative Assembly
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(2) If yes, can the Minister provide these figures for each surgeon at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital?
(3) If not, are there any other systems in place that are capable of identifying rates of complications, mortality, return trips to theatre and other adverse results for individual surgeons in Western Australia?
(4) If yes, can the Minister provide these figures for the surgeons operating at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital?
(5) Can the Minister provide a breakdown of all complaints lodged with either the Medical Board or the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital relating to each surgeon operating at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital for the last five years, providing the number of complaints for each surgeon, the nature of each complaint and the outcome of any investigation that took place as a result of the complaint?
(3) If not, are there any other systems in place that are capable of identifying rates of complications, mortality, return trips to theatre and other adverse results for individual surgeons in Western Australia?
(4) If yes, can the Minister provide these figures for the surgeons operating at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital?
(5) Can the Minister provide a breakdown of all complaints lodged with either the Medical Board or the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital relating to each surgeon operating at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital for the last five years, providing the number of complaints for each surgeon, the nature of each complaint and the outcome of any investigation that took place as a result of the complaint?
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Answered
18 September 2007
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
(1) All patients, including surgical patients, are assigned to a Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) on discharge, based on the primary diagnosis or procedure. DRGs are used primarily for costing care on a health system.
(2) - (4) The questions do not make clear exactly what elements are required or the time period. If these were supplied the information could be derived. The extraction of the information would require a period of several days to weeks, depending upon the extent of the request.
Please note however that figures for individual surgeons cannot be released to a third party without the consent of the surgeons as this would breach the provisions of the State Records Act 2000.
(5) The Medical Board of WA provides (on or before 31 December each year) an annual report of its proceedings for the preceding year ending on 30 June. It includes details of investigations and inquiries undertaken by, or at the direction of, the Medical Board. The Medical Board's Annual Reports are available on the internet at
http://www.medicalboard.com.au/annualReport.cfm
.
The Medical Board does not release information on cases currently before it. Complaints documents lodged with hospitals are State Records within the meaning of the State Records Act 2000. They contain sensitive and confidential medical data and cannot be disclosed to third parties without the consent of the persons identified in the documents. The hospital reports aggregated complaints data, categorised according to the type of complaint, to the Department of Health's Office of Safety and Quality in Healthcare. There is currently an internal investigation occurring relating to the practice of one surgeon at Kalgoorlie Hospital. Until the investigation is completed the principles of natural justice must apply and no information will be disclosed.
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(2) - (4) The questions do not make clear exactly what elements are required or the time period. If these were supplied the information could be derived. The extraction of the information would require a period of several days to weeks, depending upon the extent of the request.
Please note however that figures for individual surgeons cannot be released to a third party without the consent of the surgeons as this would breach the provisions of the State Records Act 2000.
(5) The Medical Board of WA provides (on or before 31 December each year) an annual report of its proceedings for the preceding year ending on 30 June. It includes details of investigations and inquiries undertaken by, or at the direction of, the Medical Board. The Medical Board's Annual Reports are available on the internet at
http://www.medicalboard.com.au/annualReport.cfm
.
The Medical Board does not release information on cases currently before it. Complaints documents lodged with hospitals are State Records within the meaning of the State Records Act 2000. They contain sensitive and confidential medical data and cannot be disclosed to third parties without the consent of the persons identified in the documents. The hospital reports aggregated complaints data, categorised according to the type of complaint, to the Department of Health's Office of Safety and Quality in Healthcare. There is currently an internal investigation occurring relating to the practice of one surgeon at Kalgoorlie Hospital. Until the investigation is completed the principles of natural justice must apply and no information will be disclosed.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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