Question On Notice No. 3185 asked in the Legislative Council on 10 September 2020 by Hon Donna Faragher
Question Directed to the: Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 4475-
View tabled paper
Question
I refer to the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Outpatient Transport Service, and I ask
:
(a) what suburbs fall within the Patient Transport Service catchment area;
(b) how is the catchment referred to in (a) determined; and
(c) is the catchment area reviewed at any time:
(i) if yes to (c), will the Minister provide more detail on the review process?
Answered on 14 October 2020
(a) There is no defined catchment area for Patient Transport Services. Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) utilises a tertiary hospital catchment area map for guidance however, if patients are receiving care at SCGH and meet eligibility requirements for transport, they receive transport regardless of postcode. See tabled paper no.
(b) The tertiary catchments correspond with the Health Service Providers’ (HSP) boundaries. The HSP boundaries were developed in response to the Health Act 2016. The boundaries use the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) are used as the building blocks for each HSP. Each SA2 is allocated to an HSP based on the inpatient and emergency department flows, thus an SA2 where the majority of separations and presentations are for hospitals in North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) will be assigned to NMHS.
(c) HSP boundaries including tertiary catchments are reviewed as part of the update of the Clinical Services Framework, or if required by changes to service delivery models.
(i) The Clinical Services Framework review process is currently being redesigned.