Page 314 - Week 01 - Thursday, 15 February 2018

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Health—waiting times
(Question No 775)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 27 October 2017:

In relation to the answer to question on notice No 524, how many (a) category 1 patients were on a wait list and of those, how many were on a wait list for longer than 30 days, (b) category 2 patients were on a wait list and of those, how many were on a wait list for longer than 90 days and (c) category 3 patients were on a wait list and of those, how many were on a wait list for longer than 365 days on (i) 30 June 2016, (ii) 31 December 2016 and (iii) 30 June 2017.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. The following table shows:

the number of patients Ready for Care and

the number of Patients waiting longer than clinically recommended time frames on the Gastroenterology Waiting list for the requested time periods.

period

Clinical Urgency

Clinically recommended time frames (days)

Ready for care Patients on Wait list

Patients waiting longer than clinically recommended time frames

30 June 2016

1

30

785

684

2

90

1535

1108

3

365

1536

586

31 December 2016

1

30

364

261

2

90

1843

1613

3

365

1779

871

30 June 2017

1

30

430

223

2

90

1614

1340

3

365

1741

1061

Rural fire services—radio network
(Question No 828)

Mrs Jones asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 1 December 2017:

(1) What fireground radio communications devices and software do ACT Rural Fire Service (RFS) units use.

(2) How does this compare with the NSW RFS counterparts.

(3) Is fireground radio communication between ACT and NSW RFS units direct and secure; if not, what actions are being undertaken to resolve this.

(4) Are there any plans to upgrade the ACT RFS fireground radio communication devices and software.


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