House of Assembly: Thursday, August 26, 2021

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Emergency Departments

530 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 June 2021). What was the longest wait (in hours and minutes) recorded for a patient in emergency departments to be seen, for each month, over the past 12 months?

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

During the period 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2021, the following were recorded as the maximum wait time to be seen at SA public hospital emergency departments (EDs):

Month/Year Max. Wait Time (HH:MM)
June 2020 11:28
July 2020 13:17
August 2020 11:56
September 2020 10:26
October 2020 13:33
November 2020 11:26
December 2020 10:39
January 2021 11:56
February 2021 11:50
March 2021 11:12
April 2021 14:47
May 2021 14:46