Independent health data released today by the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) reveals that hospital emergency department performances in NSW are worsening, with over 69,000 people leaving ED before treatment began or was completed (a 13.3% increase).
Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said Chris Minns and Labor were letting our health system fall apart.
"We're seeing record wait times, overcrowded emergency departments, and critical services being cut, all while Chris Minns stands by doing nothing. NSW families are paying the price for his failure to invest in health care, and it's clear that under Labor things are only getting worse," Mr Speakman said.
Shadow Health Minister Kellie Sloane says everyone in NSW should have access to quality health care when they need it, but under Chris Minns and Labor that has never been harder.
"After two years of Labor's real cuts to the health budget, people in NSW are struggling. We have a health system that is stretched and a Premier that would rather fight with striking nurses than focus on improving health outcomes for the community."
"Every day we are seeing the true face of Labor's health mismanagement - from people sleeping on the floor of Blacktown ED, to cruel cuts to palliative care, to life saving dialysis being rationed in west and southwestern Sydney."
The Liberals and Nationals built or significantly upgraded more than 180 hospitals and health facilities across NSW, with a further 130 underway when we left office. Our last (2022-23) Budget saw more than triple the health capital spending and double the health recurrent spending of Labor's last (2010-11) Budget.
Key Stats:
- Fewer than 55% of patients are leaving emergency departments within four hours, the worst rate since Labor was last in government in 2010.
- Over 69,000 patients are leaving emergency departments without treatment, a 13.3% increase.
- 63.7% of all patients who attended an emergency department started their treatment on time – down 2.1 percentage points compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- 1 in 10 patients are waiting over 76 minutes to be transferred from an ambulance to ED staff — the longest wait ever recorded.
