❓ Ms. Mettam (Opposition) questions the Minister for Health regarding the number of cancelled elective surgeries in WA public hospitals between March and July 2024, broken down by hospital, patient/hospital initiation. The answer provides the requested data, excluding Contracted Health Entities.
AnsweredQoN 1234Legislative Assembly
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I refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals with private operators, and I ask: (a) With a breakdown by classification of hospital and patient initiated, how many elective surgeries were cancelled in each of the following months: (i) March 2024; (ii) April 2024; (iii) May 2024; (iv) June 2024; and (v) July 2024?
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Answered
10 September 2024
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
5 days
Elective surgeries are cancelled for a range of both patient and hospital-initiated reasons. Patient safety is the priority and surgeries are often rescheduled within a matter of days. The data includes WA public hospitals only, and not data from Contracted Health Entities.
Patient-Initiated Reasons
Month- Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-24
50
142
88
132
175
Apr-24
61
136
140
154
216
May-24
67
171
124
155
231
June-24
53
141
93
83
157
Jul-24
81
163
127
135
218
Hospital-Initiated Reasons
Month- Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-24
129
530
288
174
464
Apr-24
169
550
237
197
522
May-24
137
703
341
296
558
June-24
134
500
227
190
492
Jul-24
94
576
306
261
473
Patient-Initiated Reasons
Month- Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-24
50
142
88
132
175
Apr-24
61
136
140
154
216
May-24
67
171
124
155
231
June-24
53
141
93
83
157
Jul-24
81
163
127
135
218
Hospital-Initiated Reasons
Month- Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-24
129
530
288
174
464
Apr-24
169
550
237
197
522
May-24
137
703
341
296
558
June-24
134
500
227
190
492
Jul-24
94
576
306
261
473
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