Shorter waiting times at Hutt Hospital ED

Shorter waiting times at Hutt Hospital ED

People visiting Hutt Hospital’s emergency department have experienced shorter waiting times with 10,309 out of 10,895 people admitted, discharged or transferred within the 6 hour national health target.

The Ministry of Health has released the latest health target results today which show Hutt Valley District Health Board’s (DHB) performance against the shorter stays in emergency department target has increased by five per cent, and the DHB has achieved the national target of 95 per cent.

Health targets are a set of six national performance measures specifically designed to improve the performance of health services and are published quarterly, the last period being from January to March 2015.

“This is a great achievement and reflects not only the hard work of our emergency department staff but the entire hospital and our primary care colleagues,” says Ian McPherson, interim chief executive.

“This target highlights how well the entire health system is working. If one piece isn’t functioning well, for example patients coming to the emergency department instead of going to see their GP, it has a flow on effect for the entire system,” says Mr McPherson.

“Hutt Valley DHBs performance against the improved access to elective surgery, faster cancer treatment, better help for smokers to quit, and more heart and diabetes checks targets has also improved this quarter

A copy of the latest health target results is available on the Ministry of Health website:
www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/health-targets/how-my-dhb-performing/how-my-dhb-performing-2014-15

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