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MINISTER FOR HEALTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 1301
Hospitals - Emergency Departments-
Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Health:
What have been the number of occasions of service in the Accident and Emergency Departments of the Woden Valley Hospital and Calvary Hospital by clinical category and of these how many were admitted in each of the following periods (a) March Quarter 1992; (b) June Quarter 1992; (c) September Quarter 1992; (d) December Quarter 1992; (e) March Quarter 1993; (f) June Quarter 1993; (g) September Quarter 1993; (h) December Quarter 1993; (i) March Quarter 1994.
Mr Connolly - the answer to the Member's question is:
A National Triage Scale which directly relates triage code with severity of mess was adopted by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards early in 1994.-The national classification will be adopted in the Emergency Department at Woden Valley Hospital in the near future.
The National Triage Scale has five categories ranging from category 1 (resuscitation), needing immediate treatment, to category 5 (non urgent) which should be seen within two hours.
At present at Woden Valley Hospital patients are similarly triaged according to the time period within which they should receive treatment. These timeframes are roughly comparable to the new National Triage Scale categories.
Statistics available are as follows:
March Quarter 1992
Occasions of Service 11,796
==frame for Treatment
Not Specified: 6,666
Immediate 94
Within 15 Minutes 714
Within 30 Minutes 2,106
Non Urgent, Within 60 Minutes 2,216
Admissions 331
It was during this quarter that computerised statistical records began being collected. The figures for this quarter arc therefore incomplete
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