House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Outpatient Services OUTPATIENT SERVICES Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett OUTPATIENT SERVICES 149 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (27 July 2010) (First Session). How many patients have been referred to the specialist outpatient clinic waiting list and the emergency department waiting list within the past 12 months, and how many patients are currently on the specialist outpatient clinic waiting list and the emergency department waiting list for the RAH for each of the following outpatient services— Clinical Immunology/Allergy Clinic, Audiology Clinic, Breast Clinic, Cardiac Clinic, Chronic Pain Unit, Clinical Psychology (General), Clinical Psychology (Oncology), Colposcopy, Dermatology, Diabetic, Diabetes Centre, Dietetics General/Weight Loss, Dietetics Renal, Drug and Alcohol, Endocrine, ENT, Eyes, Gastroenterology, General, Diabetic/Retinal, Geriatric Rehab, Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology, Gynaecology Urology, Haematology, Hyperbaric, Hypertension, Hysteroscopy, Infectious Diseases, Intravesical, Limb Prosthetics, Liver Disease Clinic, Lung Function Laboratory, Mammogram, Medical Oncology, Medicine, General, Menopause, Metabolic, Neuropsychology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nuclear Medicine, Obesity, Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery, Orthopaedics, Orthotics, Osteoporosis, Palliative Care, Pituitary, Plastic Surgery, Australian Craniofacial Unit, Burns Unit, Hands Unit, Microsurgery, Podiatry, Preanaesthetic, Psychiatry, Radiation Oncology, Rehabilitation (Head), Renal, Heumatology, Sleep Disorders Laboratory, Speech Pathology, Surgery, Colorectal, Surgery General, Surgery, Hepato Biliary Pancreatic, Surgery, Oesophago Gastric, Surgical, Oncology, Thoracic Medicine, Thyroid—General, Thyroid—Surgical D, Urology—Urodynamics, Vascular, and Voice Clinic? The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health and Ageing Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for the Arts OUTPATIENT SERVICES The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts): I am advised: 1.	6,749 patients were referred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital outpatient clinics between 26 July 2009 to 27 July 2010. The Emergency Department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital does not have a waiting list. 2.	At the specified time, there were 11,759 new appointments and 11,241 review appointments. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for the breakdown of numbers and clinics. SAS/19329B1 BOOKING NUMBERS TYPE TOTAL N R CLINIC 7 7 AUSTRALIAN CRANIOFACIAL UNIT ALLERGY CLINIC 458 8 466 AUTOMATED VISUAL FIELD-EYE CLINIC 1 1 CARDIAC CLINIC 31 31 CONTACT LENSES CLINIC 7 7 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY CLINIC 73 2 75 COLPOSCOPY CLINIC 1 1 DIABETES CENTRE CLINIC 97 1 98 DIETETIC CLINIC 1 1 EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS CLINIC 5 57 62 ENDOCRINE BONE DENSITY 11 11 ENDOCRINE PRIVATE CLINIC 18 18 E.N.T. CLINIC 1,512 1,095 2,607 GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICARISED OUTPATIENTS 3 3 GASTROINTESTINAL OUTPATIENTS 301 4 305 GYNAECOLOGY CLINIC 7 7 GYNAE ONCOLOGY CLINIC 3 3 HAEMATOLOGY CLINIC 1 1 HAND 2 (ORTHO 2) CLINIC 743 10 753 LIVER DISEASE OUTPATIENTS 4 4 NEUROLOGY CLINIC 1,135 462 1,597 NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC 469 469 NEUROSURGERY CLINIC 127 745 872 OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC 1,385 3,073 4,458 ORTHOPAEDICS 1 CLINIC 10 639 649 ORTHOPAEDICS 2 CLINIC 427 275 702 ORTHOPAEDICS 1 2 3 CLINIC 43 43 PAIN UNIT CLINIC 470 3 473 PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC 204 1 205 PODIATRY CLINIC 21 2 23 PLASTIC SURGERY CLINIC 460 85 545 GASTROINTESTINAL INVESTIGATION UNIT 1,209 1,279 2,488 RADIOLOGY OUTPATIENTS 245 245 REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINE INFERTILE CLINIC 1 1 RETINAL CLINIC 2 1,646 1,648 RHEUMATOLOGY PRIVATE CLINIC 21 250 271 RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC 8 155 163 RHEUMATOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY CLINIC 1 97 98 RADIATION ONCOLOGY CLINIC 1 1 SPINAL ASSESSMENT CLINIC 627 2 629 SPONDYLO PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS CLINIC 4 28 32 SPORTS KNEE INJURIES 2 CLINIC 445 57 502 SPINAL SURGERY CLINIC 224 3 227 SURGICAL AB OUTPATIENTS 70 70 SURGICAL C OUTPATIENTS 1 1 SURGICAL D CLINIC 7 137 144 SURGICAL D ONCOLOGY CLINIC 1 1 TRAUMA 1 CLINIC 29 29 TRAUMA 2 CLINIC 46 46 UROLOGY CLINIC 1,679 111 1,790 VASCULAR CLINIC 117 117 TOTAL 11,759 11,241 23,000