REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES – RESPONSE

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878 The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (28 October 2021). For the period of 1 January to 30 September 2021 in the Port Pirie Regional Health Service:

(a) How many shifts occurred where there was not the required number of nursing staff to meet necessary staffing levels?

(b) On how many occasions was there requirement for nursing staff to carry out a ‘double shift’ to ensure that there was a full complement of nursing staff?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

(a) Port Pirie Regional Health Service (PPRHS) monitors staffing levels as per the Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement 2020. Staffing levels are required to be monitored as an average over a 14-day period. It is not possible to breakdown data into individual shifts.

(b) There were 53 occasions where staff worked ‘double shifts’ for the period 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021, to cover unplanned leave.

 

878 The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (28 October 2021). For the period of 1 January to 30 September 2021 at the Port Pirie Regional Health Services accident and emergency department, how many times were locum doctors unavailable to fill all shifts in a 24-hour period?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

For the period 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021 at least one shift within each 24-hour period was covered by a locum general practitioner.

 

879 The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (28 October 2021). For the period of 1 January to 30 September 2021 Pirie Regional Health Services accident and emergency department:

(a) What were the waiting times for patients seeing a medical doctor? (please provide average time per month.)

(b) How many patients waited more than 30 minutes to be seen by a medical doctor?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

Port Pirie Regional Health Service monitors the time to treatment as per the Australian Triage Scale (scale of care urgency) and does not specifically monitor time to review by Medical Officer.

 

880 The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Frome) (28 October 2021). For the period of 1 January to 30 September 2021 at the Port Pirie South Australian Ambulance Service:

(a) How many shifts occurred where the operation was impacted due to the inability to meet required staffing levels?

(b) On how many occasions was there a requirement for staff to work a ‘double shift’ to satisfy required staffing levels?

(c) On how many occasions have staff been unable to take a required break during their shift?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has been advised:

(a) For the period of 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2021, there were 35 shifts or a portion of a shift that were impacted due to the inability to meet required staffing levels.

(b) On six occasions staff members worked two consecutive active ambulance shifts (not on-call shifts) to satisfy required staffing levels. On 65 occasions, staff performed an active overtime shift during the day, which is followed by the on-call shift overnight, also at overtime rates.

(c) SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is unable to verify any missed meal breaks in the requested time period.