tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post8690803172670098996..comments2024-01-28T19:45:49.757+13:00Comments on <img src="https://i.imgur.com/96UqJAN.jpg"> Australian Politics: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-4186823804302133892015-05-24T12:42:11.400+12:002015-05-24T12:42:11.400+12:00The trouble with the waiting time guarantees is th...The trouble with the waiting time guarantees is that all the Hospitals did wass open phony "observation" wards and move those coming up to their maximum allowed wait time into these wards which counts as "admission". Back in the 90s Kennett's mob in Melbourne came up with a system of penalizing ED's a portion of funding for every patient that stayed more than 24 hours. In practice this meant that if you stayed 24 hours you were then lost and the focus moved onto the next patient coming up to 24 hours. Some people stayed on trolleys in ED for days on end as a result. None of this stuff works in practice because we will always find a work-a-round that doesn't really address the actual problems.PBnoreply@blogger.com