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a. An additional four specialised staff would be employed to provide more timely assessments for clot break-down treatment at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Hospital and better access to clot retrieval procedures for patients requiring this advanced treatment.
b. The $5 million would be allocated over four years in the 2016-17 budget.
(4) The Canberra Health Services (CHS) Stroke Service is a long standing and established service.
(5) This service is already established and has received additional funding to enhance its current operations.
(6) There are none presently, but CHS is in discussion with interstate hospitals.
(7) When CHS is unable to provide the care that is required.
(8) Transfer of acute stroke patients is rare and is managed on a case by case basis in discussion between the treating and receiving teams.
(9) Patients who access treatment that is not provided in ACT are able to access assistance for transport through the Interstate Patient Travel Assistance Scheme.
(10) Yes.
(11) Development of a 24 hour clot-retrieval service.
Health—elective surgery
(Question No 2130)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 15 February 2019:
(1) How many elective surgery operations were performed in each specialty between 1 July and 31 December 2018.
(2) What were the elective surgery wait times, by triage category in each speciality, as at 31 December 2018.
(3) What factors are contributing to the wait times in each specialty.
(4) Was performance of elective surgery between 1 July and 31 December 2018 impacted by a lack of specialists or other appropriately-qualified staff; if so, in what areas.
(5) Was performance of elective surgery between 1 July and 31 December 2018 impacted by problems in surgical theatres; if so (a) which theatres and (b) what problems.
(6) How many elective surgeries are predicted to be performed between 1 January and 30 June 2019.
(7) Is the ACT on track to meet its target of 14,000 elective surgeries for this financial year; if not, why not.
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