Surgical wait times continue to drop in PAPHR
The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) is continuing to reduce their surgical wait times with just over six months left in the four-year Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative.
Ninety per cent of all surgeries in the PAPHR are performed within three months of referral and 98 per cent are performed within six months, according to the latest statistics dating back to Aug. 31.
“Saskatchewan is changing the definition of a long wait for surgery,” said health minister Dustin Duncan in a news release. “After March 2014, any wait longer than three months will be too long.”
On average, 80 per cent of patients in Saskatchewan received their surgery within three months of their referral from a surgeon and 91 per cent received it within six months.