How Have The Murrumbidgee Hospital Improvements Affected You?

What else do you want to see change?


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Rachel Viski

Emergency Departments across Murrumbidgee Local Health District are experiencing high demand, with patients across the district increasing from 29,901 in the April – June period last year to 30,310 in the same quarter this year.

The MLHD is working to accommodate patients through an increased budget and workforce.

The 2018/19 budget for Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) is over $606 million, which is $24.5 million more than the last financial year, and MLHD increased its workforce by 374 full time staff members.

These improvements seem to be working, with 84.9% of treatments commencing on time, and 81.2% of treatment durations decreasing to under 4 hours. Average ambulance transfer times have also decreased from 11 to 8 minutes.

In 2018-19 the NSW Government is investing a record $22.9 billion in health, representing a $1.1 billion increase over the 2017-18 Budget. This includes $19.2 billion towards improving services in hospitals in NSW this year.

- MLHD

Let us know if you’ve noticed the improvements, and what other changes you’d like to see in our local hospitals.

Ebony Reeves

12 September 2018

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