Young Hospital has performed well according to the quarterly data released by the Bureau of Health Information report for April to June.
Compared to the same time period last year emergency department attendances were own 14.1 percent for this quarter with 2,180 presentation and 80.8 percent of patients started their Emergency Department treatment on time, up 1.1 percent compared with last year.
On average patients are waiting 1 hour and 52 minutes between arriving in the Young Hospital Emergency Department and leaving, up seven minutes from last year.
Out of the 2,180 presentations, 394 arrivals at the Young Hospital ED were made by ambulance.
78 percent of patients said they felt their ED care was 'very good', the overall satisfaction score up 10 percent on the previous survey period, with the overall rating of ED professionals increasing by 9 percent to 76 percent.
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The rating of how ED health professionals worked together was at 69 percent, the number rising by four percentage points since the last survey.
83 percent of patients said 'the right amount' of information was given about condition or treatment, while 86 percent said the ED health professionals 'always' explained things in an understandable way.
93 percent of patients said they felt they were 'always' treated with respect and dignity while attending the Young Hospital ED department.
While there was a 6 percent rise in the number of people who felt they were 'definitely' involved in decisions about care and treatment, 5 percent less felt they were involved in decisions about discharge with the satisfaction rating sitting at 72 percent.
There were 89 elective surgeries performed (up 41.3 percent) at the Young Hospital between April and June with 106 patients on the elective surgery waiting list remaining at the end of the quarter.
According to the BHI 91.9 percent of elective surgeries at the facility were performed on time, with an average waiting time for urgent elective surgeries sitting at three days, while semi-urgent elective surgeries were at 72 days, down six days on the same quarter last year, and non-urgent elective surgeries waiting times rose by almost two months by 61 days to 284 days.
The data showed there was 540 admitted patient episodes of care, the average length of stay for overnight admitted patients was 3.6 days.
The overall hospital care was 'very good' with an unchanged 81 percent rating.
The outpatient cancer clinic survey results had a 90 percent satisfaction rating and a 94 percent rating on how the health professionals worked together.
96 percent of patients said they were always treated with respect and dignity during their outpatient treatment and care received from the clinic was 'very well organised' sitting at 98 percent.
The staff were seen as always being kind and caring to patients with 98 percent of patients giving a positive rating and told who to contact if they were worried about their condition or treatment after their appointment.
There were 33 babies born at Young Health Service in the three month period, up just under 30 percent on the same time last year.
The maternity ward was given an 87 percent rating for overall care during labour and birth with 90 percent of patients saying they were always treated with respect and dignity during their time.
