The Bureau of Health Information has today released its latest Healthcare Quarterly report, showing activity and performance for public health services in NSW during July to September 2024.

Attendances were up by 2.1% in July to September 2024 quarter from the same quarter a year earlier while Emergency Departments continued to see increasing numbers of patients with the most urgent clinical conditions.

Patients waited longer for their treatment to start, with just 61.3% of all patients starting their treatment on time while more patients received elective surgery on time compared with the same quarter last year.

Meantime, BHI Chief Executive Dr Diane Watson says the majority of patients were positive about their Emergency Dept care in 2023–24, with almost nine in 10 reporting, overall, their care was ‘very good’.