One third of patients requiring critical care are waiting longer than 15 minutes for an ambulance in Victoria, as the “long tail” of the pandemic continues to strain the health sector. covid19
Victoria’s health and ambulance performance data, released on Saturday, shows ambulances reached 66.8 per cent of code one call-outs – defined as high-priority, time-critical incidents – within 15 minutes, well short of the 85 per cent target.During the first three months of 2022, emergency departments treated 462,934 patients, despite thousands of health workers being furloughed while they were sick, symptomatic or caring for family members with COVID-19.
During the March quarter, 89,611 patients were on the elective surgery waiting list, waiting a median 19 days for surgery. Foley praised the efforts of health workers under challenging circumstances and insisted any Victorian who needed hospital care could be confident in the capacity of Victoria’s health system to care for them.
“Just to reassure you that, at an Austin Health level and across the system, there’s been an awful lot of work in planning and preparing for that, so I feel confident with that.”Victorian Healthcare Association chief executive Tom Symondson warned there could be renewed staff shortages as the state enters flu season.
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