00:00 It's been nearly three months since Focus Week wrapped up across the South Australian
00:05 health network.
00:06 Its goal was to make sure patients got the right care, in the right place, at the right
00:10 time, 100% of the time.
00:13 Among the measures to try and make that happen, some non-clinical work and meetings were cancelled
00:17 to free up staff.
00:18 And the review of Focus Week released today found that despite a more than 6% increase
00:22 in triple zero calls and a small increase in emergency department presentations, there
00:27 was a decrease of 8% in the number of hours lost to ambulance ramping.
00:32 More patients were sent to other care options, rather than being taken to hospital, while
00:36 more priority one calls were reached by ambulances within the target time of eight minutes.
00:41 But the state's biggest hospital network, which includes the Royal Adelaide, failed
00:45 to reach its target of discharging more people earlier in the day to free up space.
00:50 And the head of SA Health, Dr Robin Lawrence, wouldn't commit to fully implementing more
00:54 than 30 recommendations which stem from the review.
00:57 I think what we've seen is a continual improvement trajectory over winter, which is reassuring,
01:03 but we still acknowledge we have got a long way to go to get our system to where we would
01:07 really like it to be.
01:09 Health Minister Chris Pickton says on top of SA Health, the Ambulance Service is looking
01:13 for further improvements.
01:14 The opposition says the government needs to focus on fixing ramping every week, not just
01:19 during Focus Week.
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