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❓ Mr Zempilas asks the Minister for Health and Mental Health about outpatient waiting times at WA public hospitals, broken down by specialty, urgency, and specific timeframes. The answer refers to a previous question.

AnsweredQoN 1283Legislative Assembly

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2 December 2025

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Mr Basil Zempilas

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I refer to an ABC News online article from November 13, 2025 headlined “Australians suffering 'irreversible complications' waiting years to see medical specialists” and a WA Health spokesperson quoted in that article that says hospital service providers "continuously monitor their outpatient wait times and report on patients who have waited longer than the recommended time", and ask: (a) For each public hospital and each outpatient specialty offered at that hospital, as at the end of October 2025, can the Minister advise, broken down by urgency or priority category: (i) the number of patients waiting for a first non-admitted outpatient specialist appointment; (ii) the median waiting time (in days) for patients in each category; and (iii) the maximum waiting time (in days) for patients in each category; and (b) For the same date, and for each public hospital and outpatient specialty, how many patients have waited: (i) longer than the clinically recommended maximum time for their urgency category; (ii) longer than 365 days; and (iii) longer than 730 days?