2010-11 Annual Report - Taranaki District Health Board

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Statement of Service Performance
2011 Annual Report
Electives Services (inpatient,
outpatient)
Total number
of elective
discharges
Total number
of elective
caseweights
Number of
First Specialist
Assessments
(FSAs)
Elective Service
Performance
Indicators (ESPI)
Admission on day
of surgery as %
of total Elective
admissions
3921 4840 5185 Achieved
4329 5690 5804 Achieved
10193 10381 11295 Achieved
Compliance Compliance Non
Compliant
in one
Indicator
Not Achieved
Taranaki DHB has been non-compliant
in ESPI 2 - Patients waiting longer than 6
months for their first specialist assessment
(FSA). Taranaki expects to be compliant by
30 Sept 2011.
71% >90% 71% Not Achieved
Taranaki DHB Taranaki DHB is actively
working towards the adoption of “The
Productive Operating Theatre” (T-POT)
productivity improvement initiative and
will be submitting a proposal for this to
the Ministry of Health in September 2011.
The focus of the DHB’s implementation
will be to address known scheduling,
booking and patient preparation issues
that are currently impacting on the
delivery of surgery.
Day Surgery
procedures
performed as %
of total Elective
admissions
Shorter Cancer
treatment waiting
times
Identification of procedures for day
surgery and increasing the proportion of
such surgery will be part of this process.
64% 64% 66% Achieved
100% 100% 100% Achieved
The % of patients waiting less than six
weeks (6 weeks for the period Jul 10 - Dec
10 and 4 weeks for the period Jan 11 -
Jun 11) between FSA and commencement
of radiation treatment.
30 Day Mortality. 1.50% 1.50% 1.44% Achieved