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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 392 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 15 March 2022 by Ms L. Mettam

Question Directed to the: Minister for Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals with private operators, and I ask:
(a) How many elective surgeries were cancelled in:
(i) November 2021;
(ii) December 2021;
(iii) January 2022; and
(iv) February 2022; and
(b) For each month in (a), what was the total number of cancelled elective surgeries by area health service?

Answered on 14 June 2022

Elective surgeries can be cancelled for a variety of patient-initiated and hospital-initiated reasons.

 

(a)    

(i)                 November 2021: 2,216;

(ii)              December 2021: 1,642;

(iii)            January 2022: 1,805; and

(iv)             February 2022: 2,006

 

(b)     

 

Health Service Provider

(i) November 2021

(ii) December 2021

(iii) January 2022

 (iv) February 2022

Child Adolescent Health Service

156

128

126

178

East Metropolitan Health Service

676

495

498

608

North Metropolitan Health Service

419

297

272

378

South Metropolitan Health Service

267

263

238

240

WA Country

698

459

671

602

Health Service