House of Assembly
Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Answers to Questions
Emergency Departments
Emergency Departments
Mr PICTON
House of Assembly
Kaurna
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
House of Assembly
Dunstan
Premier
Emergency Departments
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 |