Question On Notice No. 2894 asked in the Legislative Council on 16 April 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to the Parliamentary Secretary's commitment in question without notice 1367
answered on 20 November 2019 where the Parliamentary Secretary stated that the Government is ‘committed to
providing public reporting related to the timeliness of patient handover from
ambulance crews to hospital emergency department staff for both metropolitan
and regional sites’, and I ask:
(a) why
has reporting commenced for metropolitan sites but not regional sites;
(b) on
what date did reporting commence for metropolitan sites;
(c) does
the Minister have access to data for regional sites, and if yes, why is it not being
publicly reported as committed; and
(d) since
the media statement of 19 December 2019, which announced changes to reporting
on hospital activity, for each regional and metropolitan hospital to date, by
month, please provide the target and achieved time for patient handover from
ambulance services to a hospital’s emergency department?
Answered on 10 June 2020
I am advised:
(a) The Department of Health (DOH) is currently working with St John Ambulance to expand its data collection and reporting capabilities to include transfer of care for regional hospitals. This data is not currently supplied due to concerns regarding its consistency, given the reliance on volunteer paramedics in regional areas. An assessment of data quality will form part of the work to incorporate regional data into the existing data collection.
(b) 19 December 2019.
(c) Please refer to (a).
(d) Please refer to Table 1 below, noting that the DOH is unable to provide data for regional hospitals. The target for all hospitals is 90%.
Table 1: Percentage of ambulance patients transferred within 30 minutes, by month and hospital
|
Hospital
|
December 2019
|
January 2020
|
February 2020
|
March 2020
|
April 2020 (as at 17/4)
|
|
Royal Perth Hospital
|
64.10%
|
69.60%
|
67.70%
|
74.10%
|
80.90%
|
|
Fiona Stanley Hospital
|
71.70%
|
74.90%
|
72.70%
|
77.00%
|
81.70%
|
|
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
|
77.70%
|
79.30%
|
70.20%
|
73.30%
|
72.70%
|
|
Tertiary Total
|
71.20%
|
74.50%
|
70.30%
|
74.90%
|
78.80%
|
|
Perth Children’s Hospital
|
98.20%
|
98.20%
|
96.70%
|
97.50%
|
96.30%
|
|
King Edward Memorial Hospital
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
93.90%
|
96.30%
|
100.00%
|
|
Women’s and Children’s Total
|
98.50%
|
98.50%
|
96.40%
|
97.40%
|
96.90%
|
|
Armadale Health Service
|
71.90%
|
80.00%
|
74.90%
|
84.10%
|
82.80%
|
|
St John of God Midland Hospital
|
74.40%
|
71.50%
|
69.70%
|
66.10%
|
66.40%
|
|
Rockingham General Hospital
|
74.50%
|
74.40%
|
73.40%
|
70.30%
|
84.90%
|
|
Joondalup Health Campus
|
58.40%
|
60.10%
|
60.30%
|
66.60%
|
80.80%
|
|
Peel Health Campus
|
67.00%
|
66.10%
|
64.10%
|
72.70%
|
82.90%
|
|
Secondary Total
|
68.30%
|
69.00%
|
67.30%
|
70.50%
|
78.20%
|
|
Metropolitan Total
|
70.90%
|
73.00%
|
70.00%
|
73.80%
|
79.10%
|