❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding pain clinic waiting times in public hospitals. The answer provides median waiting times and the number of patients on waiting lists for several hospitals.
AnsweredQoN 4800Legislative Assembly
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Which public hospitals (including privately operated public hospitals) currently operate a pain clinic, and if so: (a) what is the average waiting time, from referrals to the pain clinic, to patients being seen by the pain clinic, listed by hospital; (b) how many patients are currently on the waiting list to access the pain clinic, listed by hospital; and (c) what is the longest any patient has waited to access the pain clinic?
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Answered
16 February 2016
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
83 days
(a-b)
Median waiting times for patients who attended an appointment 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015
The number of referred patients currently on the waiting list, as at 31 December 2015
Royal Perth Hospital
130 days
1,010
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
29 days
102
King Edward Memorial Hospital
279 days
202
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
83 days
1,171
Fiona Stanley Hospital
145 days
758
Note: The median or midpoint value, rather than the average, is the standard measure utilised across Australia for the measurement of waiting times.
(c) The longest any patient who attended an appointment in the period 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015 waited to access the pain clinic was 516 days.
Median waiting times for patients who attended an appointment 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015
The number of referred patients currently on the waiting list, as at 31 December 2015
Royal Perth Hospital
130 days
1,010
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
29 days
102
King Edward Memorial Hospital
279 days
202
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
83 days
1,171
Fiona Stanley Hospital
145 days
758
Note: The median or midpoint value, rather than the average, is the standard measure utilised across Australia for the measurement of waiting times.
(c) The longest any patient who attended an appointment in the period 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015 waited to access the pain clinic was 516 days.
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