HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- MAR97

People on the waiting list waiting longer than the ideal for each of our major public hospitals

Waiting list exceeding ideal waiting times, by patient category, by individual hospital

Western Health Care Network

Inner and Eastern Health Care Network

North Eastern Health Care Network

Southern Health Care Network

Peninsula Health Care Network

Women's and Children's Health Care Network

Non Metropolitan Hospitals

Total all waiting list hospitals

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Western Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Royal Melbourne Hospital	0	0	0	-	97	165	178	8
Western Hospital	0	0	0	-	170	98	85	–13

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Alfred Healthcare Group	0	0	0	-	149	246	307	25
Angliss Hospital	0	0	0	-	12	0	0	-
Box Hill Hospital	0	0	0	-	12	9	10	11
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Maroondah Hospital	0	0	2	200	8	7	10	43
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	0	0	0	-	960	736	786	7
St Vincent's Hospital	0	0	0	-	293	202	211	4

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
North Eastern Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 1	0	0	0	-	391	803	743	–7
Preston and Northcote Community Hospital	0	0	0	-	120	98	90	–8

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Southern Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Dandenong Hospital	0	0	0	-	22	15	27	80
Monash Medical Centre	0	0	0	-	170	166	275	66
Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Peninsula Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Mornington Peninsula Hospital	0	0	0	-	720	274	289	5

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Women's and Children's Health Care Network	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Royal Children's Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Royal Women's Hospital	0	0	0	-	99	44	36	–18

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Non Metropolitan Hospitals	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Ballarat Base Hospital	1	0	0	-	496	422	396	–6
Bendigo Health Care Group	0	0	0	-	22	15	14	–7
Central Wellington Health Service	0	4	0	-100	1	53	0	–100
The Geelong Hospital	0	0	0	-	62	35	54	54
Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Hamilton Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	16	0	0	-
Latrobe Regional Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	1	100
Wangaratta District Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	40	63	64	2
Warrnambool and District Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
West Gippsland Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	27	22	-19

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997	1 Jan 1996	1 Oct 1996	1 Jan 1997	Change (%) Oct 1996 to Jan 1997
Total all waiting list hospital	1	4	2	-50	3860	3478	3598	3

¹Austin Hospital includes data for Repatriation Medical Centre campus from June 1996.

² Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Tatura District Hospital from July 1993 and Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.

Source: Hospital waiting list returns.