HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO ELECTIVE SURGERY- DEC 96

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 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Royal Melbourne Hospital 0 0 0 - 63 243 165 -32
Western Hospital 0 0 0 - 176 114 98 -14

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Alfred Healthcare Group 0 0 0 - 181 188 246 31
Angliss Hospital 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 -
Box Hill Hospital 0 0 0 - 20 16 9 -44
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 -
Maroondah Hospital 0 0 0 - 10 7 7 0
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 0 0 0 - 757 618 736 19
St Vincent's Hospital 0 0 0 - 566 244 202 -17

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
North Eastern Health Care Network 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre 1 3 0 0 - 329 715 803 12
Preston and Northcote Community Hospital 0 0 0 - 111 106 985 -8

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Southern Health Care Network 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Dandenong Hospital 0 0 0 - 19 19 15 -21
Monash Medical Centre 0 0 0 - 166 140 166 19
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 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Mornington Peninsula Hospital 0 0 0 - 580 341 274 -20

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Women's and Children's Health Care Network 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Royal Children's Hospital 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Royal Women's Hospital 0 0 0 - 62 49 44 -10

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
Non Metropolitan Hospitals 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Ballarat Base Hospital 0 0 0 - 424 463 422 -9
Bendigo Health Care Group 0 0 0 - 17 20 15 -25
Central Wellington Health Service 0 0 4 400 18 6 53 783
The Geelong Hospital 0 0 0 - 66 62 35 -44
Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Hamilton Base Hospital 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 -
Latrobe Regional Hospital 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
Wangaratta District Base Hospital 0 0 0 - 14 36 63 75
Warrnambool and District Base Hospital 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -
West Gippsland Hospital 0 0 0 - 0 20 27 -

Urgent cases waiting over 30 days Semi urgent cases waiting over 90 days
1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996 1 Oct 1995 1 Jul 1996 1 Oct 1996 Change (%) Jul to Oct 1996
Total all waiting list hospital 3 0 4 400 3584 3407 3478 2

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.