Question On Notice No. 230 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 August 2021 by Hon James Hayward
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 527-
View tabled paper
Question
I refer to ambulance transfer of care median wait times for the Bunbury and Albany Regional Hospitals, and I ask:
(a) does the Department of Health publish transfer of care median wait times for the Western Australian Country Health Service;
(b) if no to (a), why not; and
(c) for 14 June 2021 to 20 June 2021:
(i) will the Minister please table the individual transfer of care times for all patients at Bunbury Hospital and Albany Hospital respectively; and
(ii) will the Minister please table the median wait times for Albany Hospital and Bunbury Hospital respectively?
Answered on 7 September 2021
I am advised:
(a)-(b) The Department of Health is committed to reporting Transfer of Care, for all regions within Western Australia for which information is available.
The Department of Health 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 had not been supplied to the Department 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.
Transfer of Care for some regional sites (including Albany and Bunbury) is reported publicly on the Department website under ‘Transfer of care within 30 minutes weekly activity’: https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Reports-and-publications/Emergency-Department-activity/Data?report=ed_amb_w#median
(c) (i) See tabled paper no.
(c) (ii) Median transfer of care times in minutes for 14 June 2021 to 20 June 2021
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Date
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Albany Hospital
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Bunbury Hospital
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14-Jun-21
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16.2
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19.8
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15-Jun-21
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22.7
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12.8
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16-Jun-21
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10.6
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19.5
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17-Jun-21
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10.2
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17.5
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18-Jun-21
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4.1
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20.8
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19-Jun-21
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15.4
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12.5
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20-Jun-21
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13.4
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16.5
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14th to 20th Jun 2021
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12.8
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16.8
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Notes:
Data Source: St John Ambulance data extracts
Date Extracted: 13th August 2021