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Maitland Hospital

This is a public hospital

Address:
 550-560 High Street
Maitland, NSW 2320
Phone: 02 4939 2000

Emergency department services

This page presents information about people who went to the hospital’s emergency department between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011. Each visit ('presentation') is counted separately, so the number of presentations is not necessarily equal to the number of people seen or treated by the department.

A national view of emergency department services is available at www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/ (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/]

Waiting times for July 2010–June 2011

Waiting times provide an indication of how accessible particular hospital services are.

This section shows the percentage of people arriving at this hospital's emergency department who commenced treatment within the clinically recommended time. Recommended maximum waiting times vary depending on the urgency of the patient's need for care (their triage category), as assessed by a nurse in the emergency department.

Resuscitation (immediately)

100% treated on time compared to the national average (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/] of 100%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage seen immediately at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2010-11 100% 100% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2009-10 100% 100% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2008-09 100% 100% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average

Emergency (within 10 minutes)

74% treated on time compared to the national average (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/] of 79%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer then the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage seen within 10 minutes at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2010-11 74% 79% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer then the national average
2009-10 83% 78% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2008-09 88% 77% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Urgent (within 30 minutes)

66% treated on time compared to the national average (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/] of 65%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage seen within 30 minutes at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2010-11 66% 65% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2009-10 75% 65% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2008-09 80% 64% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Semi-urgent (within 60 minutes)

67% treated on time compared to the national average (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/] of 68%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage seen within 60 minutes at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2010-11 67% 68% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2009-10 71% 68% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2008-09 76% 67% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Non-urgent (within 120 minutes)

88% treated on time compared to the national average (external link, opens in a new window) [http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospital-performance-emergency-department-wait/] of 88%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage seen within 120 minutes at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2010-11 88% 88% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2009-10 88% 88% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2008-09 91% 88% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Emergency department presentations for July 2010–June 2011

The following graph shows the number of presentations to this hospital's emergency department. These figures exclude planned return visits, pre-arranged admissions, patients waiting for transport to another facility, and patients who died before arriving at the emergency department. The total includes any people who were not assigned an urgency or triage category.

Triage category Presentations
Resuscitation 78
Emergency 2,289
Urgent 8,968
Semi-urgent 22,773
Non-urgent 7,270
Total 41,379
Triage category Year Presentations
Resuscitation 2010-11 78
Resuscitation 2009-10 110
Resuscitation 2008-09 104
Emergency 2010-11 2,289
Emergency 2009-10 2,182
Emergency 2008-09 2,163
Urgent 2010-11 8,968
Urgent 2009-10 8,859
Urgent 2008-09 10,056
Semi-urgent 2010-11 22,773
Semi-urgent 2009-10 23,397
Semi-urgent 2008-09 22,497
Non-urgent 2010-11 7,270
Non-urgent 2009-10 5,793
Non-urgent 2008-09 4,176
Total 2010-11 41,379
Total 2009-10 40,342
Total 2008-09 39,000
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