Data
Western Australia Elective Services Target performance as at end of month
| |
Mar 2023 |
Apr 2023 |
May 2023 |
Jun 2023 |
Jul 2023 |
Aug 2023 |
Sep 2023 |
Oct 2023 |
Nov 2023 |
Dec 2023 |
Jan 2024 |
Feb 2024 |
Mar 2024 |
Category 1
|
| Total Cases |
1,455 |
1,519 |
1,605 |
1,553 |
1,624 |
1,633 |
1,599 |
1,691 |
1,610 |
1,468 |
1,601 |
1,721 |
1,710 |
| % over boundary |
16.5% |
24.3% |
17.3% |
18.0% |
20.9% |
16.9% |
21.3% |
17.9% |
18.0% |
25.9% |
21.9% |
17.3% |
23.3% |
Category 2
|
| Total Cases |
7,384 |
7,510 |
7,514 |
7,393 |
7,266 |
7,355 |
7,441 |
7,338 |
7,297 |
7,794 |
7,548 |
7,605 |
7,733 |
| % over boundary |
34.5% |
32.6% |
31.8% |
32.4% |
30.4% |
29.8% |
27.8% |
27.4% |
28.4% |
30.2% |
34.9% |
34.5% |
32.6% |
Category 3
|
| Total Cases |
21,196 |
20,887 |
20,672 |
20,406 |
20,354 |
19,924 |
20,004 |
19,837 |
19,878 |
20,583 |
20,640 |
20,907 |
21,014 |
| % over boundary |
19.2% |
17.8% |
15.9% |
15.7% |
15.1% |
14.6% |
14.4% |
13.0% |
13.2% |
12.8% |
11.8% |
11.7% |
12.1% |
All Categories
|
| Total Cases |
30,035 |
29,916 |
29,791 |
29,352 |
29,244 |
28,912 |
29,044 |
28,866 |
28,785 |
29,845 |
29,789 |
30,233 |
30,457 |
| % over boundary |
22.8% |
21.8% |
20.0% |
20.0% |
19.2% |
18.6% |
18.2% |
17.0% |
17.3% |
18.0% |
18.2% |
17.7% |
18.0% |
Related reports
Total number of elective surgery cases on wait list and percentage of over boundary by hospital
Western Australia Elective Services Target
On 1 April 2016, WA health system introduced a new statewide performance target for the provision of elective services. The WA Elective Services Target (WEST) aims to ensure timely and equitable access to public elective services. It replaced the National Elective Surgery Target (NEST), following the expiry of the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services in 2015.
The WEST indicator refers to the percentage of cases on elective surgery wait lists which wait longer than the clinically recommended time for their procedure (i.e. over boundary), according to their urgency category. The current statewide target is 0%.
Cases
For the purposes of this report, patients are referred to as cases. This is because a patient may be on an elective surgery for more than one procedure. For example, if a patient is on a waiting list twice, for two different procedures, this will be counted as two cases.
Over boundary cases
A patient who has been waiting more than the recommended period in one of the three clinical urgency categories is defined as being over boundary.
Category 1
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 30 days.
Category 2
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 90 days.
Category 3
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 365 days.
Source
WA Elective Surgery Wait List Data Collection, Information and System Performance Directorate, Department of Health WA.
Data extracted 2 Apr 2024