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Enhanced surgical capacity at Alice Springs Hospital by strengthening partnershipsand establishing agreements with other public and private health organisations.Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital providingexperienced surgeons to boost surgical capacity and oversee training in selectspecialties. Concurrently, negotiations have commenced with Fred Hollows Foundationfor the construction of an Eye Clinic at Alice Springs Hospital.Work continues on the redesign and refurbishment of the day procedure unit, fundedcompletion in November 2010.Additionally, the Royal Darwin Hospital received an upgrade to two minor surgicalopened in October <strong>2009</strong> and have greatly assisted the ability of Royal Darwin Hospital toundertake the more complex procedures on the elective surgery waiting list.Commencement of a new satellite renal dialysis service in Alice Springs, to help meet theexpanding needs of Central Australia. The Gap Road satellite dialysis unit commencedoperation in April 2010 and provides clinical care and management for 48 additionalrenal patients. Work also began in <strong>2009</strong>-10 on the expansion of the Tennant CreekSatellite unit, adding eight additional dialysis stations by February 2011 and planned toservice an additional 48 renal patients.Non-Admitted Patient ServicesNon-admitted care is care provided to a person who receives direct care within the emergencydepartment or other designated clinics within the hospital and who is not formally admittedat the time when the care is provided. In <strong>2009</strong>-10, the revised budget allocated $127.6million to acute care non-admitted services, with actual expenditure amounting to just under$128.4 million, representing a marginal overspend of approximately 0.7%.Output2008-09Actual<strong>2009</strong>-10Budget<strong>2009</strong>-10RevisedBudget<strong>2009</strong>-10ActualOutput cost ($’000) 115 477 121 576 127 556 128 418Outpatient AttendancesPerformance MeasureQuantity 12008-09Actual<strong>2009</strong>-10Estimate<strong>2009</strong>-10Actual2010-11EstimateNon-admitted specialist clinic occasions of service 2 172 480 175 400 189 589 195 000Emergency department attendances 3 129 165 129 700 132 583 134 900Timeliness 4- Category 1: resuscitation - attended to immediately 100% 100% 100% 100%- Category 2: emergency - attended to within 10 minutes 62% 70% 63% 70%- Category 3: urgent - attended to within 30 minutes 48% 70% 49% 70%- Category 4: semi-urgent - attended to within 60 minutes 50% 60% 51% 60%- Category 5: non-urgent - attended to within 120 minutes 90% 85% 91% 85%116Department <strong>Health</strong> and Families

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