Elective Surgery

1063 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (23 July 2019). Given the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare does not publish monthly breakdowns of the total number of elective surgery operations by jurisdiction, how many elective surgery operations on public health patients were performed in public hospitals for each of the following months:

(a) November 2017?

(b) December 2017?

(c) January 2018?

(d) February 2018?

(e) March 2018?

(f) April 2018?

(g) May 2018?

(h) June 2018?

(i) July 2018?

(j) August 2018?

(k) September 2018?

(l) October 2018?

(m) November 2018?

(n) December 2018?

(o) January 2019?

(p) February 2019?

(q) March 2019?

(r) April 2019?

(s) May 2019?

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

As part of the government's commitment of $45 million to reduce overdue lists for elective surgery and colonoscopies a number of contracts have been negotiated with a range of private providers. As of 21 July, there were 615 patients remaining on the overdue list, down 68 per cent from 20 March.