2666. Hon Alison Xamon to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the provision of public speech pathology services to children, and I ask:
(a) for each geographical region and for each health service provider in the Perth metropolitan area, what were the mean speech pathology wait times in:
(i) 2016;
(ii) 2017;
(iii) 2018; and
(iv) 2019;
(b) how many speech pathologists were employed in each geographical region and for each health service provider in the Perth metropolitan area (please provide both head count and FTE) in:
(i) 2016;
(ii) 2017;
(iii) 2018; and
(iv) 2019; and
(c) how many of the positions in (b)(iv) are currently vacant?
Hon Alanna Clohesy replied:
I am advised: (a)
(i) 2016 |
(ii) 2017 |
(iii) 2018 |
(iv) 2019 |
|
Community Health South metro (Sou) |
4.7 months |
4.2 months |
4.1 months |
6 months |
Community Health Central metro (Cen) |
4.9 months |
4.0 months |
3.4 months |
3.4 months |
Community Health North metro (Nor) |
3.3 months |
3.3 months | 3.6 months | 4.1 months |
Perth Children’s Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (Hosp.) |
Inpatient referrals are seen within two working days. Outpatient referrals are triaged and seen within 30 days if urgent. All accepted referrals are seen within 90 days unless they are second opinion referrals already in the care of community service providers. Second opinion referrals are seen within 365 days. These standards have remained consistent across this time period. |
JHC |
Inpatient referrals are seen within 24 hours of referral and this has remained consistent over the period of 2016–19. |
Peel Health Campus (PHC) |
An onsite speech pathologist provides services to all inpatients including paediatric patients. Inpatient referrals are seen within 24 hours of referral except for a weekend where there is no speech pathology service. Inpatients admitted over a weekend requiring speech pathology input will be prioritised and seen on a Monday. This has remained consistent over the period 2016–19. |
(b) (i) 2016
Nor |
Cen |
Sou |
Hosp. |
PHC |
|
FTE |
23.4 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 13.2 | 0.6 |
HC |
28 | 26 | 41 | 21 | 2 |
(ii) 2017
Nor |
Cen |
Sou |
Hosp. |
PHC |
|
FTE |
23.4 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 13.2 | 0.6 |
HC |
30 | 23 | 45 | 18 | 3 |
(iii) 2018
Nor |
Cen |
Sou |
Hosp. |
PHC |
|
FTE |
23.9 | 16.1 | 32.3 | 12.2 | 1 |
HC |
36 | 23 | 39 | 18 | 4 |
(iv) 2019
Nor |
Cen |
Sou |
Hosp. |
PHC |
|
FTE |
25.4 | 16.2 | 32.2 | 12.8 | 1 |
HC |
34 | 25 | 43 | 18 | 3 |
(c)
North |
Central |
South |
Perth Children’s Hospital |
PHC |
0.7 FTE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |