Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered ActsAfter section 38--
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'In this part--
elective surgery means surgery that, in the opinion of the treating doctor, is necessary but for which admission to hospital can be delayed for at least 24 hours.
elective surgery waiting list means a register kept by a prescribed public hospital that lists each patient assessed as needing elective surgery from the time the hospital accepts the referral of the patient for surgery until--
(a) the surgery is performed; or
(b) the patient's name is sooner removed from the register.
prescribed public hospital means--
(a) a public sector hospital that falls within criteria prescribed under a regulation; or
Examples of what criteria included in a regulation may be about--
budget, type and volume of services offered, number of patients treated
(b) the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals.
public hospitals performance report see section 38B(1).
stated public hospital means a prescribed public hospital that--
(a) uses an electronic appointment scheduling system; and
(b) collects data relating to surgery under guidelines established by the chief executive.
surgical outpatient waiting list means a register kept by a stated public hospital that lists each patient who requires an appointment at a surgical outpatient clinic from the time the hospital accepts the referral of the patient until--
(a) the patient attends the initial appointment; or
(b) the patient's name is sooner removed from the register.
'(1) The chief executive must prepare and give the Minister a report (a public hospitals performance report) each year about the performance of prescribed public hospitals.
'(2) The report must state the period it covers.
'(3) The first report must be given in 2006.
'(1) A public hospitals performance report must include information for each prescribed public hospital about the following key indicators--
(a) clinical performance, including the quality of care and clinical practice;
(b) efficiency, including the cost of services and resource management;
(c) patient satisfaction, including patients' views on the quality and outcomes of care and treatment received;
(d) system integration and change, including--
(i) the use of benchmarks and standardised approaches to clinical management; and
(ii) integration with the local community; and
(iii) quality and use of information; and
(iv) safety and quality of services; and
(v) work force management.
'(2) By using the key indicators, the report must compare each prescribed public hospital--
(a) with prescribed public hospitals that are of a similar type; and
(b) generally with all prescribed public hospitals.
'(1) A public hospitals performance report must also include the following information for each stated public hospital--
(a) the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists as at a date stated in the report;
(b) the number of patients on surgical outpatient waiting lists as at a date stated in the report;
(c) the number of patients who received elective surgery for a period stated in the report;
(d) the number of patients who attended an appointment at a surgical outpatient clinic for a period stated in the report.
'(2) A date or period mentioned in subsection (1) need not be in, or be the same as, the period stated in the report under section 38B(2).
'This part is to be construed as requiring the chief executive to include information relating to the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals in a public hospitals performance report only to the extent the information is available to the chief executive.
'(1) A public hospitals performance report given to the Minister in a particular year may be included in the department's annual report under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 given to the Minister in that year.
'(2) If the public hospitals performance report is not included, or to be included, in the department's annual report, the Minister must table it in the Legislative Assembly within 7 sitting days after receiving it.'.
