❓ This parliamentary question from Ms Libby Mettam to the Mental Health Minister seeks information on benchmark and actual wait times for urgent Category 1 surgery in WA's public health system, questioning the discrepancy and its alignment with government claims of a 'world-class health system'.
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Can the Minister advise:
(a) What is the benchmark wait time for urgent category 1 surgery in the public system;
(b) What was the median wait time for urgent category 1 surgery in the public system in April and May 2026;
(c) Why is there is significant variation between actual and benchmark wait times in the public system;
(d) Is this variation consistent with Labor's claim that it is delivering a world class health system to Western Australians; and
(e) What specific action has been taken to get these wait times down to the established benchmarks?
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(a) What is the benchmark wait time for urgent category 1 surgery in the public system;
(b) What was the median wait time for urgent category 1 surgery in the public system in April and May 2026;
(c) Why is there is significant variation between actual and benchmark wait times in the public system;
(d) Is this variation consistent with Labor's claim that it is delivering a world class health system to Western Australians; and
(e) What specific action has been taken to get these wait times down to the established benchmarks?
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