Question On Notice No. 2666 asked in the Legislative Council on 31 October 2019 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the provision of public speech pathology services to children, and I ask:
(a) for each geographical region and for each health service provider in the Perth metropolitan area, what were the mean speech pathology wait times in:
(i) 2016;
(ii) 2017;
(iii) 2018; and
(iv) 2019;
(b) how many speech pathologists were employed in each geographical region and for each health service provider in the Perth metropolitan area (please provide both head count and FTE) in:
(i) 2016;
(ii) 2017;
(iii) 2018; and
(iv) 2019; and
(c) how many of the positions in (b)(iv) are currently vacant?
Answered on 4 December 2019
I am advised:
(a)
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(i) 2016
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(ii) 2017
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(iii) 2018
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(iv) 2019
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Community Health South metro (Sou)
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4.7 months
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4.2 months
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4.1 months
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6 months
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Community Health Central metro (Cen)
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4.9 months
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4.0 months
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3.4 months
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3.2 months
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Community Health North metro (Nor)
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5.5 months
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3.3 months
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3.6 months
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4.1 months
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Perth Children’s Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (Hosp.)
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· Inpatient referrals are seen within two working days.
· Outpatient referrals are triaged and seen within 30 days if urgent.
· All accepted referrals are seen within 90 days unless they are second opinion referrals already in the care of community service providers. Second opinion referrals are seen within 365 days.
· These standards have remained consistent across this time period.
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JHC
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· Inpatient referrals are seen within 24 hours of referral and this has remained consistent over the period of 2016-19
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Peel Health Campus (PHC)
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· An onsite speech pathologist provides services to all inpatients including paediatric patients.
· Inpatient referrals are seen within 24 hours of referral except for a weekend where there is no speech pathology service. Inpatients admitted over a weekend requiring speech pathology input will be prioritised and seen on a Monday. This has remained consistent over the period 2016-19.
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(b) (i)
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2016
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Nor
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Cen
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Sou
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Hosp.
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PHC
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FTE
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23.4
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16.7
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32.2
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13.2
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0.6
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HC
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28
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26
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41
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21
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2
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(ii)
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2017
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Nor
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Cen
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Sou
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Hosp.
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PHC
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FTE
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23.4
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16.6
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32.3
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12.2
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1
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HC
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30
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23
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45
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18
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3
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(iii)
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2018
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Nor
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Cen
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Sou
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Hosp.
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PHC
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FTE
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23.9
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16.1
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32.3
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12.2
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1
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HC
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36
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23
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39
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18
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4
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(iv)
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2019
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Nor
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Cen
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Sou
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Hosp.
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PHC
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FTE
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25.4
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16.2
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33.2
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12.8
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1
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HC
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34
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25
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43
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18
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3
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(c)
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North
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Central
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South
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Perth Children’s Hospital
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PHC
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0.7
FTE
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0
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0
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0
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0
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