Bowral and District Hospital is performing well, according to the latest report of the Bureau of Health Information.
The Bureau’s first edition of Hospital Quarterly (April-June 2010) shows that Bowral and District Hospital’s waiting times for elective surgery are better than the state average, as are the times within which patient treatment should begin in the Emergency Department.
Bowral & District Hospital General Manager, Denis Thomas, said the results reflected the “hard work and dedication of staff”.
“We are pleased that 86 per cent of patients rated their experience in the Emergency Department as good, very good or excellent,” Mr Thomas said.
“From April to June this year the Emergency Department saw more than 4200 patients – 668 of whom were admitted to the Hospital.
“Staff saw all patients – across all categories - within the recommended NSW benchmark timeframes.”
Mr Thomas said Bowral and District Hospital achieved other improvements, including:
• 100 per cent of triage one patients (immediately life threatening) were seen immediately or within two minutes;
• 82 per cent of triage two patients (imminently life threatening) were seen within 10 minutes, two per cent higher than the benchmark;
• 78 per cent of triage three patients (potentially life threatening) were seen within 30 minutes, three per cent more than the benchmark;
• 85 per cent of triage four patients (potentially serious) were seen within one hour, 15 per cent more than the benchmark;
• 98 per cent of triage five (less urgent), were seen within two hours, 28 per cent more than the benchmark.
“I’d like to congratulate all staff, whose tireless efforts help our department continually improve and achieve positive results for our patients,” Mr Thomas said.
Socrates says: "This is the work of the local service and the staff of Bowral Health. My comment to the SSWAHS Executive is - Give Bowral Hospital and their General Manager and his staff the credit for these good results. They did achieve the better than benchmark results because they live locally, believe locally and are more concerned about the health needs of their community than anyone in Liverpool."
