Hospital Emergency Department wait times blow out by 30%

Again, no comment from McGinty

Macavity (the mystery cat) McGinty's not there! There was no comment or explanation from spineless State Health Minister McGinty on Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon's statement criticising the State Government saying the performance of WA's Hospitals had fallen behind the national average. Macavity McGinty was up some back alley - no where to be seen or heard.

Nicola Roxon's comments were in the national "State of our Public Hospitals Report".

Labor's Federal Health Minister said that WA's hospital emergency departments (ED's) waiting times have blown out and that WA had fallen behind the national average and waiting times in ED's had blown out by 30% over last year. Not surprising, when McGinty has failed to adequately staff ED's and his answer to crowding inside ED's, is to have ambulances and patients waiting in the street - "ambulance ramping" as it is euphemistically known.

Comment on the bad news was left to Dr Peter Flett the Acting Director General of Health who said the State government would soon be launching and education campaign! No mention about solutions. It appears Macavity McGinty has run out of ideas and only finds the courage to comment to the media when there is good news.