HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- MAR97
The waiting list patient categories for each of our major public hospitals
Waiting list by patient category, by individual hospital 1
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network
North Eastern Health Care Network
Women's and Children's Health Care Network
Total all waiting list hospitals
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Western Health Care Network | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 59 | 41 | 71 | 73 | 671 | 524 | 594 | 13 | 1137 | 1498 | 1510 | 1 |
| Western Hospital | 1 | 1 | 0 | –100 | 271 | 219 | 219 | 0 | 1223 | 1525 | 1543 | 1 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 38 | 47 | 49 | 4 | 507 | 548 | 627 | 14 | 841 | 763 | 774 | 1 |
| Angliss Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 117 | 4 | 18 | 350 | 584 | 387 | 307 | -21 |
| Box Hill Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 218 | 121 | 97 | –20 | 623 | 522 | 463 | –11 |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 35 | 43 | 23 |
| Maroondah Hospital | 10 | 4 | 3 | –25 | 119 | 112 | 119 | 6 | 1485 | 1619 | 1604 | –1 |
| Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1998 | 1637 | 1907 | 16 | 29 | 22 | 16 | –27 |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 15 | 19 | 2 | –89 | 780 | 586 | 548 | –6 | 546 | 482 | 529 | 10 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| North Eastern Health Care Network | 1 Oct 1995 | 1 July 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 | 1 Oct 1995 | 1 July 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 | 1 Oct 1995 | 1 July 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | –29 | 648 | 1286 | 1248 | –3 | 1018 | 1371 | 1529 | 12 |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 377 | 274 | 265 | –3 | 2081 | 2082 | 2055 | -1 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Southern Health Care Network | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Dandenong Hospital | 7 | 4 | 3 | –25 | 203 | 180 | 191 | 6 | 1218 | 1050 | 1096 | 4 |
| Monash Medical Centre | 19 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 550 | 525 | 650 | 24 | 3236 | 2440 | 2756 | 13 |
| Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 109 | 82 | 84 | 2 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Peninsula Health Care Network | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Mornington Peninsula Hospital | 3 | 4 | 0 | –100 | 1209 | 580 | 547 | –6 | 1078 | 1454 | 1455 | 0 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 7 | 5 | 4 | –20 | 94 | 108 | 128 | 19 | 639 | 604 | 575 | –5 |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 0 | 5 | 1 | –80 | 435 | 236 | 207 | –12 | 127 | 233 | 252 | 8 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 2 | 1 | 0 | -100 | 780 | 715 | 629 | –12 | 404 | 543 | 576 | 6 |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | 1 | 7 | 0 | -100 | 106 | 63 | 44 | –30 | 628 | 497 | 520 | 5 |
| Central Wellington Health Service | 0 | 6 | 0 | -100 | 9 | 139 | 5 | –96 | 8 | 176 | 29 | –84 |
| The Geelong Hospital | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 298 | 203 | 180 | –11 | 1292 | 1238 | 1264 | 2 |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 42 | 134 | 141 | 5 | 696 | 744 | 725 | –3 |
| Hamilton Base Hospital | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 4 | 16 | 300 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 28 |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 133 | 122 | –8 | 364 | 359 | 360 | 0 |
| Wangaratta District Base Hospital | 2 | 2 | 0 | -100 | 79 | 180 | 168 | –7 | 79 | 56 | 70 | 25 |
| Warrnambool and District Base Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 69 | 28 | 29 | 4 |
| West Gippsland Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 68 | 96 | 127 | 32 | 105 | 66 | 130 | 97 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | 1 Jan 1996 | 1 Oct 1996 | 1 Jan 1997 | Change (%) Oct 96 to Jan 97 | |
| Total all waiting list hospital | 180 | 194 | 177 | -9 | 9754 | 8607 | 8797 | 2 | 19722 | 19894 | 20317 | 2 |
1 Note that for this and subsequent tables, the numbers involved may be small and therefore small absolute changes may result in large percentage changes.
2 Austin Hospital includes data for Repatriation Medical Centre campus from June 1996.
3 Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Tatura District Hospital from July 1993 and Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Hospital waiting list returns.