❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks data on patients in South West hospitals awaiting placement in aged residential care facilities, including admission numbers, average length of stay, and longest length of stay for 2014 and 2015.
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I refer to aged residential care facilities in South West hospitals, and I ask: (a) for each of 2014 and 2015 to date: (i) how many patients in each South West hospital were admitted, waiting on a vacancy in an aged residential care facility; (ii) what was the average length of stay; and (iii) what was the longest length of stay?
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Answered
2 December 2015
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
43 days
WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Care Awaiting Placement data is manually collated and reported on a quarterly basis. The quarterly data collection dates do not align with a January to December calendar year. The most recent data available covers the reporting period of Quarter 1, 25 June 2015 to 23 September 2015.
Note the data provided in this response includes Nursing Home Type Patients in the sites of Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey.
(a)(i)
WACHS South West
26 December 2013 - 24 December 2014 (Number of people newly admitted and awaiting placement)
25 December 2014 - 23 September 2015 (Number of people newly admitted and awaiting placement)
Bridgetown
8
1
Bunbury
39
9
Busselton
26
15
Collie
18
16
Donnybrook
15
6
Harvey
22
15
Manjimup
3
0
Margaret River
7
2
(a)(ii)
WACHS South West
26 December 2013 - 24 December 2014 (Average length of stay in days)
25 December 2014 - 23 September 2015 (Average length of stay in days)
Bridgetown
172
318
Bunbury
14
17
Busselton
31
95
Collie
23
23
Donnybrook
124
263
Harvey
102
189
Manjimup
15
26
Margaret River
87
57
(a)(iii)
WACHS South West
Longest length of stay by a patient resident at the hospital (as at 24 December 2014)
Longest length of stay by a patient resident in the Hospital (as at 23 September 2015)
Bridgetown
5,724 days*
5,996 days
Bunbury
262 days
110 days
Busselton
356 days
692 days
Collie
37 days
74 days
Donnybrook
4,047 days
3,565 days
Harvey
1,143 days
1,408 days
Manjimup
119 days
103 days
Margaret River
94 days
52 days
*Please note that for this figure, the data has been manually adjusted to correct a recording error.
Please note that data provided in (a)(iii) above includes patients who are Nursing Home Type for the sites of Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey. The data includes those who have been admitted prior to the reporting date.
Note the data provided in this response includes Nursing Home Type Patients in the sites of Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey.
(a)(i)
WACHS South West
26 December 2013 - 24 December 2014 (Number of people newly admitted and awaiting placement)
25 December 2014 - 23 September 2015 (Number of people newly admitted and awaiting placement)
Bridgetown
8
1
Bunbury
39
9
Busselton
26
15
Collie
18
16
Donnybrook
15
6
Harvey
22
15
Manjimup
3
0
Margaret River
7
2
(a)(ii)
WACHS South West
26 December 2013 - 24 December 2014 (Average length of stay in days)
25 December 2014 - 23 September 2015 (Average length of stay in days)
Bridgetown
172
318
Bunbury
14
17
Busselton
31
95
Collie
23
23
Donnybrook
124
263
Harvey
102
189
Manjimup
15
26
Margaret River
87
57
(a)(iii)
WACHS South West
Longest length of stay by a patient resident at the hospital (as at 24 December 2014)
Longest length of stay by a patient resident in the Hospital (as at 23 September 2015)
Bridgetown
5,724 days*
5,996 days
Bunbury
262 days
110 days
Busselton
356 days
692 days
Collie
37 days
74 days
Donnybrook
4,047 days
3,565 days
Harvey
1,143 days
1,408 days
Manjimup
119 days
103 days
Margaret River
94 days
52 days
*Please note that for this figure, the data has been manually adjusted to correct a recording error.
Please note that data provided in (a)(iii) above includes patients who are Nursing Home Type for the sites of Bridgetown, Donnybrook and Harvey. The data includes those who have been admitted prior to the reporting date.
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