Question On Notice No. 2346 asked in the Legislative Council on 6 August 2019 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to recent reports of ambulance ramping, which has
been described by St John Ambulance as the worst they have ever seen, and I
ask:
(a) why
does the Department of Health not report on a daily basis ambulance ramping at
regional hospitals in the same way that it does for metropolitan hospitals;
(b) will the Minister commit to publish daily data in relation to regional hospital ambulance
ramping;
(c) for
each regional hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and
2018-19 financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each
hospital; and
(d) for
each public hospital effected by ambulance ramping for the 2017-18 and 2018-19
financial years, please provide the monthly ramping data for each hospital with
respect to volunteer ambulance services only?
Answered on 3 September 2019
I am advised:
(a) The contract with St John Ambulance (WA) does not include a requirement to provide this data to the Department of Health (DOH).
(b)-(c) Specific data related to ambulance ramping at regional hospitals is currently not available.
(d) Specific data related to volunteer ambulance ramping at hospitals is currently not available.