House of Assembly: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

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Emergency Departments

619 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (13 February 2019). Given that there is no historical information available on the SA Health Dashboard website, what was the number of patients waiting over 24 hours in emergency during:

(a) April 2018?

(b) May 2018?

(c) June 2018?

(d) July 2018?

(e) August 2018?

(f) September 2018?

(g) October 2018?

(h) November 2018?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

Number of patients with a visit time (*) greater than 24 hours in major metropolitan and country SA Public Hospital Emergency Departments
Apr-18 226
May-18 334
Jun-18 371
Jul-18 369
Aug-18 383
Sep-18 371
Oct-18 274
Nov-18 365
Dec-18 337


(*) visit time is inclusive of waiting for treatment, treatment and waiting for bed (if required)