❓ Mr. Birney's parliamentary question seeks detailed data on surgical outcomes, complaints, and adverse findings at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital from 2001-2007. The response provides some data on surgical separations, deaths, and complications, but lacks detail on complaint investigations and adverse findings due to time constraints and data limitations.
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(a) 2007;
(b) 2006;
(c) 2005;
(d) 2004;
(e) 2003;
(f) 2002; and
(g) 2001?
(2) Of those people, how many:
(a) died during or very soon after surgery;
(b) experienced post-surgical complications that did not require additional surgery; or
(c) experienced post-surgical complications that required further surgery,
in each of the above mentioned years?
(3) How many complaints did the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital receive in each of the above mentioned years ?
(4) Of those complaints, how many were not investigated?
(5) How many complaints resulted in an adverse finding against:
(a) the hospital;
(b) a surgeon; or
(c) other staff member,
and would the Minister supply details of each?
(b) 2006;
(c) 2005;
(d) 2004;
(e) 2003;
(f) 2002; and
(g) 2001?
(2) Of those people, how many:
(a) died during or very soon after surgery;
(b) experienced post-surgical complications that did not require additional surgery; or
(c) experienced post-surgical complications that required further surgery,
in each of the above mentioned years?
(3) How many complaints did the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital receive in each of the above mentioned years ?
(4) Of those complaints, how many were not investigated?
(5) How many complaints resulted in an adverse finding against:
(a) the hospital;
(b) a surgeon; or
(c) other staff member,
and would the Minister supply details of each?
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Answered
17 October 2007
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(1) and (2)
Year
(1)
**Total number of surgical separations
(2) (a)
***Number of patients deceased on discharge
(2) (b) and (c)
****Total number of
post-surgical complications
2007
*906
*1
*42
2006
2352
0
118
2005
2196
2
137
2004
2523
2
119
2003
2278
2
107
2002
2045
7
145
2001
2177
4
123
Notes
* Data relies on coded data. Coding for Kalgoorlie Hospital for 2007 is 98 per cent complete to end of May 2007.
** These are counts of separations with a surgical Diagnosis Related Group (DRG), as defined in the Australian Refined DRG Definitions Manual.
*** These are the number of patients identified in column 1 who died during their hospital stay. It should be noted that factors such as age and other factors related to the patient's general health and well-being can influence surgical outcomes.
**** There is no data available to specify if additional surgery is required following a post surgical complication. The total number of post-surgical complications provided is based on ICD-10-AM codes Y83.0 to Y83.9.
Source: Hospital Morbidity Data Collection.
(3) Complaints may relate to any matter that a member of the public may wish to raise. They are not categorised into clinical specialties or into calendar years. The numbers in the table below indicate total number of complaints of all types and would require significant manual search and clinical review to further categorise. Data prior to 2003?04 is not available as records were not kept prior to 2003.
Year
Amount
2006-2007
123
2005-2006
57*
2004-2005
175
2003-2004
114
* The 2005/06 numbers are lower due to there being a period when the complaints data was not recorded in the database. Anecdotal evidence indicates the numbers would be similar to those for the 2006/07 year.
(4) All complaints are investigated.
(5) (a) - (c) I am not able to provide a response in the timeframe available as a manual search of all documentation would be required.
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Year
(1)
**Total number of surgical separations
(2) (a)
***Number of patients deceased on discharge
(2) (b) and (c)
****Total number of
post-surgical complications
2007
*906
*1
*42
2006
2352
0
118
2005
2196
2
137
2004
2523
2
119
2003
2278
2
107
2002
2045
7
145
2001
2177
4
123
Notes
* Data relies on coded data. Coding for Kalgoorlie Hospital for 2007 is 98 per cent complete to end of May 2007.
** These are counts of separations with a surgical Diagnosis Related Group (DRG), as defined in the Australian Refined DRG Definitions Manual.
*** These are the number of patients identified in column 1 who died during their hospital stay. It should be noted that factors such as age and other factors related to the patient's general health and well-being can influence surgical outcomes.
**** There is no data available to specify if additional surgery is required following a post surgical complication. The total number of post-surgical complications provided is based on ICD-10-AM codes Y83.0 to Y83.9.
Source: Hospital Morbidity Data Collection.
(3) Complaints may relate to any matter that a member of the public may wish to raise. They are not categorised into clinical specialties or into calendar years. The numbers in the table below indicate total number of complaints of all types and would require significant manual search and clinical review to further categorise. Data prior to 2003?04 is not available as records were not kept prior to 2003.
Year
Amount
2006-2007
123
2005-2006
57*
2004-2005
175
2003-2004
114
* The 2005/06 numbers are lower due to there being a period when the complaints data was not recorded in the database. Anecdotal evidence indicates the numbers would be similar to those for the 2006/07 year.
(4) All complaints are investigated.
(5) (a) - (c) I am not able to provide a response in the timeframe available as a manual search of all documentation would be required.
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