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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)