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Considered: Auditor-General Report 2: 2021-22 - Measuring emergency department patient wait times
COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION
In its Report No. 26, 57th Parliament - Annual Report 2021-22, tabled on 4 November 2022, the committee reported on its consideration of a number of Auditor-General's reports referred to it, including Auditor-General Report 2: 2021-22 – Measuring Emergency Department Patient Wait Times. The committee determined to take no further review action in relation to the report and made no recommendations to the Legislative Assembly.
OVERVIEW
Role of the Auditor-General
The role of the Auditor-General is to provide Parliament with independent assurance of public sector accountability and performance. This is achieved through reporting to Parliament on the results of its financial and performance audits.
About the Auditor-General Report
The Auditor-General’s report follows on from the Auditor-General’s Report 3: 2014–2015 Emergency department performance reporting and assessed whether Queensland Health:
- is effectively managing performance in terms of emergency length of stay (ELOS—the amount of time people spend in emergency departments (EDs) before being admitted or discharged) and patient off stretcher time (POST—the amount of time it takes to transfer people from the care of ambulance staff to the care of emergency departments)
- has implemented all the recommendations the Auditor-General made in Report 3: 2014–15 concerning the reliability of the data being reported
The report provided five recommendations to assist Queensland Health improve its processes for data reliability, emergency department performance measures, appropriate use of emergency department short-term treatment areas and the interface between emergency department and Queensland Ambulance Service systems.
Referral to Committee
Standing Order 194B provides that the Committee of the Legislative Assembly shall as soon as practicable after a report of the Auditor-General is tabled in the Assembly refer that report to the relevant portfolio committee(s) for consideration.
The committee is responsible under section 94 of the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 for assessing the integrity, economy, efficiency and effectiveness of government financial management by examining government financial documents and considering reports of the Auditor-General.
The Committee of the Legislative Assembly referred this Auditor-General report to the committee on 16 September 2021.
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