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Emergency department triage categories:
Category 1: Immediately life-threatening (100% to be seen immediately). For reporting purposes nationally, a Category 1 patient is considered to be seen within time if the waiting time to commencement of clinical care was less than or equal to two minutes.
Category 2: Imminently life-threatening, important time-critical treatment or very severe pain (80% to be seen within ten minutes).
Category 3: Potentially life-threatening, situational urgency or severe discomfort or distress (75% to be seen within 30 minutes).
Category 4: Potentially serious symptoms, situational urgency, significant complexity or severity, discomfort or distress (70% to be seen within 60 minutes).
Category 5: Less urgent or clinical and administrative problems (70% to be seen within 120 minutes).
Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices.
Presentations
Emergency department - presentations
The number of people presenting to an emergency department.
Major Hospitals
Month | All presentations | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Month | All presentations | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Month | All presentations | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Month | All presentations | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Month | All presentations | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 |
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Seen on time
The percentage of patients in each triage category whose medical assessment and treatment commenced within the clinically recommended time.
Major hospitals
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (%) | Category 1 (%) | Category 2 (%) | Category 3 (%) | Category 4 (%) | Category 5 (%) |
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Median time waited
The number of minutes within which 50 per cent of emergency department presentations were assessed and treatment commenced.
Learn about the average waiting time for non-critical cases over the last two hours in Tasmania’s four public emergency departments.
Major hospitals
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 1 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 1 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 1 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 1 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Month | Categories 1 to 5 (minutes) | Category 1 (minutes) | Category 2 (minutes) | Category 3 (minutes) | Category 4 (minutes) | Category 5 (minutes) |
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Did not wait
The percentage of emergency department presentations that concluded with the patient leaving before being attended by a health care professional.
Month | Major hospitals (%) | LGH (%) | MCH (%) | NWRH (%) | RHH (%) |
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Length of stay
The percentage of emergency department presentations that departed within 4 hours.
Learn more about the national measure for emergency hospital care waiting times.
Data may vary from that previously published due to data reporting practices.
Major hospitals
Month | Length of stay less than 4 hours (%) | Length of stay less than 4 hours (No.) | All presentations (No.) |
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Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Month | Length of stay less than 4 hours (%) | Length of stay less than 4 hours (No.) | All presentations (No.) |
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Mersey Community Hospital (MCH)
Month | Length of stay less than 4 hours (%) | Length of stay less than 4 hours (No.) | All presentations (No.) |
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North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Month | Length of stay less than 4 hours (%) | Length of stay less than 4 hours (No.) | All presentations (No.) |
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH)
Month | Length of stay less than 4 hours (%) | Length of stay less than 4 hours (No.) | All presentations (No.) |
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