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❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health regarding the achievement of new emergency department targets announced in April 2023, specifically concerning patient admission and discharge times. The Minister directs her to publicly available data.

AnsweredQoN 948Legislative Assembly

Asked

7 November 2023

Member

Ms L. Mettam

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to the Minister's media statement of April 26, 2023, entitled "ED reforms to include alternative care pathways and new targets and specifically to the Minister's statement that "For patients presenting to emergency departments, the new targets are for hospitals to admit 80 per cent of patients within six hours and discharge 80 per cent of patients who do not need to be admitted to a ward within four hours", and I ask : (a) Since that announcement, what percentage of patients presenting at public hospital emergency departments and requiring admission have been admitted within six hours of presentation; and (b) Since that announcement, what percentage of patients presenting at public hospital emergency departments and not requiring admission have been discharged within four hours of presentation?