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administrative arrangements and treatment services to be provided and (b) was the promised spending commitment.
(4) Has the service been established; if not (a) why and (b) when will it be.
(5) If the service has been established (a) when was it established, (b) where is it located, (c) what is the model of care, (d) what are the administrative and clinical staffing arrangements, (e) what are its hours of operation, (f) as at the date on which this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper (i) how many patients have been treated in the service, (ii) how many patients were on the waiting list for treatment and (iii) what was the waiting time and (g) how much was spent on the service during (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19 (to the date on which this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper).
(6) What reciprocal treatment arrangements does ACT Health have with other jurisdictions.
(7) Under what circumstances might a patient be referred to a stroke service in another jurisdiction.
(8) What arrangements are in place to transfer patients to other jurisdictions for stroke treatment.
(9) What assistance is available to patients who are referred to an inter-jurisdictional service.
(10) Will the promised expenditure commitment be spent before the 2020 ACT election; if not, why.
(11) What are the future plans for the service.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The table below shows the total number of acute episodes of care where the patients primary diagnosis related to a stroke.
|
Financial Year |
Cases of stroke in ACT | |
|
a. |
2012-13 |
463 |
|
b. |
2013-14 |
481 |
|
c. |
2014-15 |
545 |
|
d. |
2015-16 |
578 |
|
e. |
2016-17 |
633 |
|
f. |
2017-18 |
636 |
|
g. |
2018-19 (to 15/2) |
356 |
(2) It is not possible from the data to determine the numbers of patients who subsequently died within 1 month.
(3) In 2016 the ACT Government made an election promise that funding of $5 million would be available to improve access to timely assessment and acute stroke treatment service in the ACT.
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