House of Assembly: Wednesday, June 09, 2021

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Public Health Services

480 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (6 May 2021). For each month over the past 12 months, what was the longest wait of a mental health patient in emergency waiting for a bed (in hours)?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier): I have been advised:

For the 12 month period from April 2020 to March 2021, the maximum ED wait time (in hours) that a mental health patient waited in emergency for a suitable bed is displayed in Table 1 below:

TABLE 1—Mental Health Related Maximum ED Wait Times to Admission
Hospital Region Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
Country 6.33 14.37 19.7 23.33 12.98 5.48 9.42 10.15 12.25 3.8 37.08 5.23
Metro 121.32 96.8 114.15 121.58 116.53 95.82 112.38 59.37 74.53 98.47 109.07 95.65


Notes:

Includes only seven major and 10 country hospitals

Wait time to admission (hours) – The length of time in hours from the decision to admit till departure (from ED)