A WA parliamentary question seeks information about the Elective Wait List Advocate Committee, including meeting frequency, government actions based on its advice, and complaint statistics. The response provides specific details on these aspects.

AnsweredQoN 772Legislative Council
Asked
18 August 2009
Portfolio
Health

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elective wait list advocate committee
I refer to the Elective Wait List Advocate Committee and office of waiting list advocate. (1) How many times has the committee met? (2) What decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government? (3) How many complaints have been received? (4) How many of these have been upheld? (5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(1) How many times has the committee met? (2) What decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government? (3) How many complaints have been received? (4) How many of these have been upheld? (5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(2) What decisions of the committee have been undertaken by the government? (3) How many complaints have been received? (4) How many of these have been upheld? (5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(3) How many complaints have been received? (4) How many of these have been upheld? (5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(4) How many of these have been upheld? (5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(5) What was the outcome of these complaints? Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
Hon SIMON O’BRIEN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has provided the following answers. (1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(1) The committee has met four times. (2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(2) The committee provides advice to the Minister for Health regarding the management of elective waitlists. To date, the government, through the Department of Health, has implemented one decision of the committee, being the review and endorsement of the “Elective Surgery Access Policy — WA Health Services”, issued in May 2009. (3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(3) One complaint has been received. (4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(4) That complaint was not upheld. (5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.
(5) The patient/complainant has a booked date for the elective procedure.

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