Published: 22 March 2019

Legislative Council Wednesday 20 March, 2019

Ms FORREST question to LEADER of the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Mrs HISCUTT

Mr President, the question is to the Leader. With regards to critical incidents events that occur and are reported throughout the Tasmanian Health Service - 

(1) How many critical incident events have been reported over the last 

five years, reported separately by - 

(a) Hospital - North West Regional Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital, Launceston General Hospital and Royal Hobart Hospital?

(b) Area within hospital - for example, emergency department,  medical ward and psychiatric ward and ICU?

ANSWER

Mr President, I thank the member for Murchison for her question. We will 

start with hospital area -

Hospital/Area 

2014 

2015 

2016 

2017 

2018 

Total

Launceston General Hospital 

22

Acute Medical Unit 

 

 

 

2

Angiography NCCU Cardio Neuro 

 

 

4

Emergency Department 

 

 

4

Intensive Care Unit 

 

 

4

Medical Imaging 

 

 

1

Operating Room Suite 

 

 

 

2

 

Ward 4D 

 

 

1

Ward 5A 

 

 

 

 

1

Ward 5D 

 

 

 

 

1

Northside Ward 

 

 

2

Mersey Community Hospital 

 

 

6

Emergency Department 

 

 

 

 

2

Medical Ward 

 

 

 

3

Surgical Ward 

 

 

 

 

1

North West Regional Hospital 

13

Emergency Department 

 

 

 

2

Maternity (NWPH) 

 

 

 

 

1

Medical Ward 

 

 

 

 

1

Obstetrics & Gynaecology 

 

 

 

 

2

Surgical Ward 

 

 

 

2

Theatre 

 

 

 

2

Spencer Clinic 

 

 

 

3

Royal Hobart Hospital 

11 

13 

16 

10 

59

2D Cardiac 

 

 

 

 

1

2J Medical Ward 

 

 

 

2

7A Medical Ward 

 

 

 

2

Assessment Planning Unit 

 

 

 

3

Cardiac Catheterisation Suite 

 

 

 

 

1

Department of Critical Care Medicine 

 

 

4

Emergency Department 

 

18

Medical Imaging 

 

 

 

4

Paediatrics 

 

 

 

 

1

Perioperative Services 

11

Surgical Services 

 

 

 

2

Department of Psychiatry 

8

Inpatient and Extended Treatment 

 

 

 

2

Total 

20 

12 

23 

25 

20 

100

 

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