HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- JUN97

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 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Royal Melbourne Hospital	0	0	0	-	68	178	165	-7
Western Hospital	0	0	0	-	86	85	61	-28

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Alfred Healthcare Group	0	0	0	-	162	307	323	-24
Angliss Hospital	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	-
Box Hill Hospital	0	0	0	-	12	10	7	-30
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Maroondah Hospital	0	2	0	-100	8	10	0	-100
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	0	0	0	-	736	786	736	-3
St Vincent's Hospital	0	0	0	-	250	211	150	-29

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
North Eastern Health Care Network	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 1	0	0	0	-	408	743	616	-17
Preston and Northcote Community Hospital	0	0	0	-	102	90	6	-27

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Southern Health Care Network	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Dandenong Hospital	0	0	0	-	24	27	10	-63
Monash Medical Centre	0	0	0	-	120	275	259	-6
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 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Mornington Peninsula Hospital	0	0	0	-	322	289	201	-30

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Women's and Children's Health Care Network	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Royal Children's Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Royal Women's Hospital	0	0	0	-	85	36	33	-8

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Non Metropolitan Hospitals	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Ballarat Base Hospital	1	0	0	-	424	396	377	-5
Bendigo Health Care Group	0	0	0	-	17	14	14	0
Central Wellington Health Service					3	0	0	-
The Geelong Hospital	0	0	0	-	63	54	44	-19
Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 2	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Hamilton Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
Latrobe Regional Hospital	0	0	0	-	1	1	0	-100
Wangaratta District Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	19	64	60	-6
Warrnambool and District Base Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-
West Gippsland Hospital	0	0	0	-	0	22	25	14

	Urgent cases waiting over 30 days				Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997	1 Apr 1996	1 Jan 1997	1 Apr 1997	Change (%) Jan to Apr 1997
Total all waiting list hospital	0	2	0	-100	2911	3598	3083	-14

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

² Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.

Source: Hospital waiting list returns.