❓ WA Parliamentary Question regarding patient transfers from Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) to other tertiary hospitals, including transfer times and in-transit mortality rates. The response indicates no deaths occurred during transfers from JHC between January 2008 and April 2012.
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(d) There was no record where a patient died in transit during transport from JHC a tertiary hospital since January 2008 to April 2012. Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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Answered
12 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(a) As at 15 May 2012;
Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) - 62
Fremantle Hospital - 7
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) - 157
King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) - 12
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) - 447
(b) Average transfer journey time (Period: July 2011 - April 2012)
From Hospital name
To Hospital name
Average Transfer Journey Time (Minutes)
JHC
SCGH
31.69
JHC
RPH
30.26
JHC
KEMH
27.44
JHC
PMH
26.86
(c) The longest amount of time a single patient transfer from JHC to a tertiary hospital has taken is 83 minutes. This is a transfer to SCGH, which left JHC on 22 August 2011 at 7:45 am and arrived at SCGH at 9:08 am or 83 minutes from collection to arrival.
(d) There was no record where a patient died in transit during transport from JHC a tertiary hospital since January 2008 to April 2012.
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Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) - 62
Fremantle Hospital - 7
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) - 157
King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) - 12
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) - 447
(b) Average transfer journey time (Period: July 2011 - April 2012)
From Hospital name
To Hospital name
Average Transfer Journey Time (Minutes)
JHC
SCGH
31.69
JHC
RPH
30.26
JHC
KEMH
27.44
JHC
PMH
26.86
(c) The longest amount of time a single patient transfer from JHC to a tertiary hospital has taken is 83 minutes. This is a transfer to SCGH, which left JHC on 22 August 2011 at 7:45 am and arrived at SCGH at 9:08 am or 83 minutes from collection to arrival.
(d) There was no record where a patient died in transit during transport from JHC a tertiary hospital since January 2008 to April 2012.
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