❓ Minister McGinty provides an update on Fremantle Kaleeya Hospital's performance since becoming a public hospital, highlighting improvements in elective surgery, ambulatory procedures, rehabilitation services, and bed occupancy rates.
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I refer to the government’s purchase of the 95-bed private Fremantle Kaleeya Hospital in East Fremantle earlier this year. Will the minister provide an update on the hospital’s performance now that it is part of the public health system? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question. I am very pleased to be able to advise the house that since the private Fremantle Hospital was acquired for $15.8 million on 31 January this year, there has been significant movement on four areas of activity at that hospital. The first is with regard to elective surgery wait lists. I publicly expressed some disappointment that we were not able to get on earlier with doing more elective surgery at that hospital. In the four months since Kaleeya has became a public hospital, 238 elective surgery procedures have been performed at the hospital. Plans are in place for a further 1 200 procedures to be performed at that hospital during the coming financial year, 2005-06. Currently 21 public surgical lists are being carried out each fortnight at Kaleeya; and with the recruitment of additional theatre nursing staff and a second anaesthetist, that number is expected to increase significantly. The procedures being performed at Kaleeya are primarily orthopaedic surgery such as total hip replacements and knee replacements, as well as other complex operations such as revision joint replacements. Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. I am very pleased to be able to advise the house that since the private Fremantle Hospital was acquired for $15.8 million on 31 January this year, there has been significant movement on four areas of activity at that hospital. The first is with regard to elective surgery wait lists. I publicly expressed some disappointment that we were not able to get on earlier with doing more elective surgery at that hospital. In the four months since Kaleeya has became a public hospital, 238 elective surgery procedures have been performed at the hospital. Plans are in place for a further 1 200 procedures to be performed at that hospital during the coming financial year, 2005-06. Currently 21 public surgical lists are being carried out each fortnight at Kaleeya; and with the recruitment of additional theatre nursing staff and a second anaesthetist, that number is expected to increase significantly. The procedures being performed at Kaleeya are primarily orthopaedic surgery such as total hip replacements and knee replacements, as well as other complex operations such as revision joint replacements. Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. I am very pleased to be able to advise the house that since the private Fremantle Hospital was acquired for $15.8 million on 31 January this year, there has been significant movement on four areas of activity at that hospital. The first is with regard to elective surgery wait lists. I publicly expressed some disappointment that we were not able to get on earlier with doing more elective surgery at that hospital. In the four months since Kaleeya has became a public hospital, 238 elective surgery procedures have been performed at the hospital. Plans are in place for a further 1 200 procedures to be performed at that hospital during the coming financial year, 2005-06. Currently 21 public surgical lists are being carried out each fortnight at Kaleeya; and with the recruitment of additional theatre nursing staff and a second anaesthetist, that number is expected to increase significantly. The procedures being performed at Kaleeya are primarily orthopaedic surgery such as total hip replacements and knee replacements, as well as other complex operations such as revision joint replacements. Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. I am very pleased to be able to advise the house that since the private Fremantle Hospital was acquired for $15.8 million on 31 January this year, there has been significant movement on four areas of activity at that hospital. The first is with regard to elective surgery wait lists. I publicly expressed some disappointment that we were not able to get on earlier with doing more elective surgery at that hospital. In the four months since Kaleeya has became a public hospital, 238 elective surgery procedures have been performed at the hospital. Plans are in place for a further 1 200 procedures to be performed at that hospital during the coming financial year, 2005-06. Currently 21 public surgical lists are being carried out each fortnight at Kaleeya; and with the recruitment of additional theatre nursing staff and a second anaesthetist, that number is expected to increase significantly. The procedures being performed at Kaleeya are primarily orthopaedic surgery such as total hip replacements and knee replacements, as well as other complex operations such as revision joint replacements. Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. I am very pleased to be able to advise the house that since the private Fremantle Hospital was acquired for $15.8 million on 31 January this year, there has been significant movement on four areas of activity at that hospital. The first is with regard to elective surgery wait lists. I publicly expressed some disappointment that we were not able to get on earlier with doing more elective surgery at that hospital. In the four months since Kaleeya has became a public hospital, 238 elective surgery procedures have been performed at the hospital. Plans are in place for a further 1 200 procedures to be performed at that hospital during the coming financial year, 2005-06. Currently 21 public surgical lists are being carried out each fortnight at Kaleeya; and with the recruitment of additional theatre nursing staff and a second anaesthetist, that number is expected to increase significantly. The procedures being performed at Kaleeya are primarily orthopaedic surgery such as total hip replacements and knee replacements, as well as other complex operations such as revision joint replacements. Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Secondly, I am pleased that the ambulatory surgery procedures - day procedures - form a very big feature of the work being undertaken at Kaleeya Hospital. It has excellent facilities for undertaking endoscopies and cystoscopies, and in the past four months 400 patients have benefited from this initiative. During 2005-06 a further 2 800 ambulatory day-surgery cases are expected to be undertaken in this area. Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
Thirdly, during this month a new rehabilitation unit was established in the Amity Ward at Kaleeya Hospital, with 14 patients being transferred from Fremantle Hospital to undergo their rehabilitation. A further eight rehabilitation patients will be transferred from Fremantle Hospital before the end of June 2005, bringing the number of rehabilitation patients at Kaleeya Hospital to 22 at any one time. The hydrotherapy pool, about which members are aware, plays an important part in the treatment for the rehabilitation of many of these patients. Finally, the bed occupancy rate at Kaleeya Hospital, as a result of the increased surgical and rehabilitation activity, is now higher than when Kaleeya was a private hospital. For the past four weeks the occupancy rate has been above 40 per cent, and for the week ended 29 May 2005 the occupancy rate was 49 per cent. The average overnight occupancy for the week was 30.4 beds, and the average occupancy for same-day cases was 16.4 beds, giving a total occupancy of 46.8 beds. I am sure that what we are now seeing at Kaleeya Hospital is the full realisation of its potential as part of the public hospital system in Western Australia.
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