Mr. Cook asks the Minister for Health to provide the average monthly off-stretcher percentage for each metropolitan hospital for September 2015. The Minister provides the requested data, showing the percentage of patients transferred from ambulance to ED care within 20 minutes.

AnsweredQoN 4687Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 October 2015
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I refer to the off-stretcher measurement collected by WA Health and I ask: (a) Can the Minister please provide the average monthly off-stretcher percentage for each metropolitan hospital for September 2015?

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Answered
24 November 2015
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
33 days
(a) Metropolitan Hospitals Percentage of Patients Off Stretcher, by hospital for the month September 2015.
Hospital
September 2015
Royal Perth Hospital
62.3%
Princess Margaret Hospital
93.5%
King Edward Memorial Hospital
91.1%
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
72.5%
Fiona Stanley Hospital
64.9%
Armadale-Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
75.3%
Swan District Hospital
47.1%
Rockingham General Hospital
70.2%
Joondalup Health Campus
50.3%
Peel Health Campus
69.9%
Notes:
The Off Stretcher figures above represent the proportion of patients who were transferred from the ambulance into the care of the Emergency Department within 20 minutes. It is calculated by dividing the number of patients in the month who were transferred within 20 minutes, by the total number of ambulance patients in the month.
Data Source: Off Stretcher data is sourced from St John Ambulance Australia.
Date Extracted: 27/10/2015.

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