October health statistics the Government didn't want you to see
Close to two-thirds of high urgency patients weren't seen within clinically recommended timeframes at Tasmania's two biggest hospitals in October, according to health data the Government doesn't want Tasmanians to see.
Earlier this year, Minister Archer introduced daily updates to "increase transparency" in the health system.
In practice, this decision has made it more difficult to measure the performance of the system over time.
Labor has collated the daily data for the month of October, and it's not hard to see why the Government want to keep it hidden.
The October data shows on average at Tasmania's two biggest hospitals, nearly two in every three patients triaged as presenting with imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain, were seen outside the clinically recommended time.
Similarly, three in every four patients presenting with potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress, had to wait outside clinically recommended time frames for their treatment to commence.
Statewide, more than a third of patients are being ramped for longer than 45 minutes, despite the Premier's promise to ban the practice.
Median ambulance response times were up to 17 minutes, with two Tasmanians tragically dying waiting for an ambulance in October.
Despite all this, Health Minister Bridget Archer is backing in Eric Abetz's $700 million cuts from Tasmania's crumbling healthcare system.
The Minister is also refusing to let independent experts conduct a thorough investigation into the system through a Commission of Inquiry. Instead of promoting transparency like she claims, Bridget Archer is more interested in covering up what an investigation might reveal.
Tasmanians deserve better.
October ED and Ambulance statistics the Government doesn't want Tasmanians to see:
Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department
- Only 30 per cent of patients were seen within time across all categories
- Only 41 per cent of patients were seen within time in Category 2 (Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain)
- Only 22 per cent of patients seen within time in Category 3 (Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress)
Launceston General Hospital Emergency Department
- Only 34 per cent of patients were seen within time across all categories
- Only 39 per cent of patients were seen within time in Category 2 (Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain)
- Only 26 per cent of patients seen within time in Category 3 (Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress)
Median ambulance response time (statewide)
- 17 minutes
Ambulance transfer of care
- 35 per cent of patients ramped for longer than 45 minutes statewide
- 41 per cent of patients ramped for longer than 45 minutes at the RHH
- 38 percent of patients ramped for longer than 45 minutes at the LGH
