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3433 - JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL WAITING TIMES

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Health, and Minister for Medical Research

How many people are waiting longer than their original clinically recommended waiting time to see an orthopedic specialist at John Hunter Hospital?
Answer -

I am advised:

Appointments to orthopaedic services are made according to clinical urgency and people with the greatest degree of urgency are given priority for appointments.

Orthopaedic surgery wait times at John Hunter Hospital are managed according to clinical priority categories as assigned by a patient's treating clinician.

Question asked on 26 February 2013 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 136
Answer received on 2 April 2013 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 148

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