Hon. Donna Faragher asks the Minister for Health about wait times for children needing ear, nose, and throat (ENT) elective surgery at Joondalup, Rockingham, and St John of God Midland hospitals. The Minister provides median wait times overall and by clinical category.

AnsweredQoN 1103Legislative Council
Asked
20 September 2023
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

ELECTIVE SURGERY —
CHILDREN — EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
1103. 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) Joondalup Health Campus;
(b) Rockingham General Hospital; and
(c) St John of God Midland Public
Hospital?
(2) For each
hospital listed above, 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. The answer is provided as at 17 September 2023 and
is in tabular form according to the categories of information that was
requested.
I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Answer Data as at 17 September 2023.
(1) (a)–(c)

Joondalup Health Campus
Rockingham General Hospital
St John of God Midland Public Hospital
All Category Median Days (Under 18 years old)
100
34
335
(2)

Joondalup Health Campus
Rockingham General Hospital
St John of God Midland Public Hospital
Category 1 (30 days)(Under 18 years old)
0
0
0
Category 2 (90 days)(Under 18 years old)
63
30
76
Category 3 (365 days)(Under 18 years old)
116
61
340

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