HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- NOV 96
The waiting list patient categories for each of our major public hospitals
Waiting list by patient category, by individual hospital1
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 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 253 | 82 | 53 | -35 | 697 | 551 | 713 | 29 | 630 | 1349 | 1541 | 14 |
| Western Hospital | 126 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 964 | 370 | 334 | -10 | 1317 | 1666 | 1511 | -9 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 226 | 57 | 49 | -14 | 847 | 577 | 511 | -11 | 833 | 778 | 772 | -1 |
| Angliss Hospital | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 171 | 113 | 26 | -77 | 262 | 646 | 558 | -14 |
| Box Hill Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 408 | 204 | 150 | -26 | 253 | 563 | 555 | -1 |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 67 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 80 | 62 | -23 |
| Maroondah Hospital | 99 | 3 | 11 | 267 | 214 | 112 | 121 | 8 | 1304 | 1273 | 1590 | 25 |
| Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 1231 | 1592 | 1568 | -2 | 6 | 24 | 19 | -21 |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 161 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1087 | 578 | 618 | 7 | 315 | 522 | 514 | -2 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| North Eastern Health Care Network | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 2 | 257 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 670 | 814 | 1399 | 72 | 798 | 1009 | 1349 | 34 |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 243 | 295 | 330 | 12 | 1747 | 2103 | 2063 | -2 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Southern Health Care Network | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Dandenong Hospital | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 266 | 177 | 192 | 8 | 1012 | 1204 | 1023 | -15 |
| Monash Medical Centre | 48 | 31 | 19 | -39 | 427 | 463 | 415 | -10 | 1311 | 2858 | 2547 | -11 |
| Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 24 | 104 | 99 | -5 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Peninsula Health Care Network | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Mornington Peninsula Hospital | 9 | 11 | 5 | -55 | 750 | 747 | 748 | 0 | 860 | 1603 | 1367 | -15 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 42 | 29 | 24 | -17 | 121 | 118 | 147 | 25 | 744 | 590 | 560 | -5 |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 7 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 840 | 317 | 281 | -11 | 188 | 186 | 192 | 3 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 71 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 812 | 731 | 784 | 7 | 308 | 393 | 495 | 26 |
| Bendigo Health Care Group3 | 88 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 205 | 75 | 64 | -15 | 448 | 556 | 530 | -5 |
| Central Wellington Health Service4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 138 | 25 | 16 | -36 | 1 | 53 | 34 | -36 |
| The Geelong Hospital | 14 | 1 | 0 | -100 | 474 | 312 | 234 | -25 | 1309 | 1262 | 1269 | 1 |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 175 | 71 | 132 | 86 | 646 | 701 | 742 | 6 |
| Hamilton Base Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 44 | 4 | 3 | -25 | 12 | 17 | 23 | 35 |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 0 | 3 | 2 | -33 | 0 | 121 | 143 | 18 | 1062 | 349 | 353 | 1 |
| Wangaratta District Base Hospital | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 422 | 103 | 157 | 52 | 6 | 87 | 100 | 15 |
| Warrnambool and District Base Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 204 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 92 | 89 | -3 |
| West Gippsland Hospital | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 173 | 58 | 140 | 141 | 207 | 70 | 100 | 43 |
| Urgent cases | Semi Urgent Cases | Non Urgent Cases | ||||||||||
| 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | 1 July 1993 | 1 April 1996 | 1 July 1996 | Change (%) Apr to Jul 1996 | |
| Total all waiting list hospital | 1356 | 252 | 209 | -17 | 11650 | 8528 | 9226 | 8 | 15612 | 20138 | 20057 | 0 |
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 Bendigo Health Care Group was formerly Bendigo Hospital to 30 June 1995.
4Central Wellington Health Service was formerly Gippsland Base Hospital prior to 28 November 1994.
5 Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Tatura District Hospital from July 1993 and Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Hospital waiting list returns.
