For Category 2 elective surgeries – such as treatment for a brain aneurysm – only 36% of patients were admitted within the clinically recommended time of 90 days in 2020-21.
Only 35% of Emergency Department Triage Category 3 (urgent) patients – for example patients who have severely high blood pressure – are seen within the recommended 30 minutes in 2020-21.
The average overdue wait time for Category 2 elective surgeries – such as removal of ovarian cysts – around 130 days in 2020-21 – that is on top of the recommended 90 days for Category 2 surgeries.
As of 1 October 2021, one in two patients with an urgent referral will wait longer than the recommended 30 days to see a neurosurgeon as an outpatient.
At the end of the July-September 2021 quarter there were 15,000 patients on the Category 2 elective surgery waiting list – waiting for surgeries such as nerve decompression of the spinal cord.
In 2020-21, around one in three patients waited longer than the recommended 90 days for a Category 2 elective surgery, such as a heart valve replacement
Only 43% of Emergency Department Triage Category 3 (urgent) patients – for example patients who have moderate blood loss – were seen within the recommended 30 minutes in 2020-21.
In 2020-21, around one in three patients waited longer than the recommended 90 days for a Category 2 elective surgery, such as treatment of an unhealed fracture.