House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Answers to Questions Surgical Patients SURGICAL PATIENTS Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett SURGICAL PATIENTS 20 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (1 June 2010). During 2008-09, how many surgical patients were re-admitted within seven days after being operated on and discharged from each of the following hospitals—Flinders Medical Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lyell McEwen Hospital, Modbury Hospital Whyalla Hospital, Port Augusta Hospital, Mt Gambier Hospital and Port Lincoln Hospital? The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts SURGICAL PATIENTS The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts): I am advised: The number of surgical patients readmitted within seven days during 2008-09 to the nominated hospitals, is presented in the below table. The table also includes the readmission rate: the number of readmissions divided by the total number of discharges for surgical patients. Hospital Readmissions within 7 days Readmission rate Flinders Medical Centre 109 0.8 per cent The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 72 0.8 per cent Lyell McEwin Hospital 65 1.0 per cent Modbury Hospital 26 0.8 per cent Whyalla Hospital 6 0.3 per cent Port Augusta Hospital 10 0.7 per cent Mount Gambier Hospital 18 0.8 per cent Port Lincoln Hospital 9 0.7 per cent The Australian Government and the States/Territories have agreed on a national approach for identifying readmissions for elective surgery. This approach has been adopted in preparing the table.