Hon Donna Faragher asks about median wait times for children accessing ENT elective surgery at Perth Children's Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital, broken down by clinical category. The Minister provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 1074Legislative Council
Asked
19 September 2023
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

ELECTIVE SURGERY — CHILDREN — EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT
1074. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to wait times for children
to access ear, nose and throat elective surgery.
(1) What is the current median wait time for children
to access ENT elective surgery at the following hospitals —
(a) Perth Children's
Hospital; and
(b) Fiona Stanley Hospital?
(2) For each
hospital listed above, will the minister please provide a breakdown of the
median wait time for each clinical category of surgery?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Median wait time for children on the wait list and
ready for care to access ENT elective surgery at specified hospitals
across all urgency categories as at 31 July 2023 —
(a) 298 days; and
(b) 314 days.
(2) This
information is provided in tabular form, so I seek leave to have it
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]

Perth
Children's Hospital
Fiona
Stanley Hospital
Category
1 Median Days
0
0
Category
2 Median Days
48
82
Category
3 Median Days
396
320

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