❓ Question on Notice regarding elective surgery admissions and wait times at Bunbury Regional Hospital. The response provides data on admissions and wait times for 2011-12 and 2012-13, but cannot project future admissions or wait times.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 133 "Significant Issues Impacting the Agency", line item "Elective Surgery Services", dot point 7, and ask: (a) what was the total number of elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2012-13; (b) how does this compare with the previous financial year; (c) what is the projected number of elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital for 2013-14; (d) what is the total number of elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2013-14 to date; (e) what was the elective surgery wait times, based on category of surgery, at Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2012-13; (f) how does this compare with the previous financial year; and (g) what is the projected elective surgery wait times, based on category of surgery, at Bunbury Regional Hospital for 2013-14?
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Answered
4 December 2013
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
34 days
(a) 8,542.
(b) There were a total of 8,147 elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2011-12 (4.85% increase of elective admissions in 2012-13).
(c) Public patients are assessed for elective admissions in the rooms of individual consultants, not within the hospital outpatient environment, so it is not possible to project admissions.
(d) As at 31 October 2013, there were a total of 3,568 elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2013-14. (This figure is preliminary only because there may be other records in the 'edit' phase of the data collection which are not yet clean and therefore not yet counted. The figure will likely change but only by a small amount).
(e) In 2012-13, 4,235 patients were admitted to Bunbury Regional Hospital from the Elective Surgery Wait List:
Urgency Category 1 - 621 patients waited for an average of 8 days and median (50
th
percentile) waiting time of 6 days prior to admission.
Urgency Category 2 - 1,038 patients waited for an average of 40 days and median waiting time of 34 days prior to admission.
Urgency Category 3 - 2,576 patients waited for an average of 108 days and median waiting time of 68 days prior to admission.
(f) In 2011-12, 4,074 patients were admitted to Bunbury Regional Hospital from the Elective Surgery Wait List. There is a 3.95% increase of admissions from the Elective Surgery Wait List in 2012-13 compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 1 - 752 patients waited for an average of 15 days and median waiting time of 7 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 1 patients waited for an average of 7 days less and median waiting time of 1 day less prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 2 - 862 patients waited for an average of 58 days and median waiting time of 41 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 2 patients waited for an average of 18 days less and median waiting time of 7 days less prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 3 - 2,460 patients waited for an average of 115 days and median waiting time of 66 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 3 patients waited for an average of 7 days less and median waiting time of 2 days more prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
(g) As some public patients for Bunbury Hospital are assessed for elective admissions in the rooms of individual medical specialists/consultants (as per response to (c)), WACHS South West is not able to accurately calculate projected elective surgery wait times.
(b) There were a total of 8,147 elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2011-12 (4.85% increase of elective admissions in 2012-13).
(c) Public patients are assessed for elective admissions in the rooms of individual consultants, not within the hospital outpatient environment, so it is not possible to project admissions.
(d) As at 31 October 2013, there were a total of 3,568 elective admissions to Bunbury Regional Hospital in 2013-14. (This figure is preliminary only because there may be other records in the 'edit' phase of the data collection which are not yet clean and therefore not yet counted. The figure will likely change but only by a small amount).
(e) In 2012-13, 4,235 patients were admitted to Bunbury Regional Hospital from the Elective Surgery Wait List:
Urgency Category 1 - 621 patients waited for an average of 8 days and median (50
th
percentile) waiting time of 6 days prior to admission.
Urgency Category 2 - 1,038 patients waited for an average of 40 days and median waiting time of 34 days prior to admission.
Urgency Category 3 - 2,576 patients waited for an average of 108 days and median waiting time of 68 days prior to admission.
(f) In 2011-12, 4,074 patients were admitted to Bunbury Regional Hospital from the Elective Surgery Wait List. There is a 3.95% increase of admissions from the Elective Surgery Wait List in 2012-13 compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 1 - 752 patients waited for an average of 15 days and median waiting time of 7 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 1 patients waited for an average of 7 days less and median waiting time of 1 day less prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 2 - 862 patients waited for an average of 58 days and median waiting time of 41 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 2 patients waited for an average of 18 days less and median waiting time of 7 days less prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
2011-12 Urgency Category 3 - 2,460 patients waited for an average of 115 days and median waiting time of 66 days prior to admission. In 2012-13 Urgency Category 3 patients waited for an average of 7 days less and median waiting time of 2 days more prior to admission compared to 2011-12.
(g) As some public patients for Bunbury Hospital are assessed for elective admissions in the rooms of individual medical specialists/consultants (as per response to (c)), WACHS South West is not able to accurately calculate projected elective surgery wait times.
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