Ovens Valley electorate
Tim McCURDY (Ovens Valley) (14:51): (516) My question is to the Minister for Health, and I ask: is there an administration waiting list before you actually get on the surgery waiting list? Peter Sedgwick of Wangaratta was posted on the elective surgery waiting list at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in November 2022 as a category 2 patient for a stent. Mr Sedgwick filled out and returned both the questionnaire and the consent form in November 2022. Having not heard anything from the hospital in over a year, Mr Sedgwick called in December 2023, a year later, to find out that his questionnaire and consent form had only arrived on 10 December 2023 to them, over 380 days since he first returned them. Peter, who submitted his paperwork only two days after being placed on the 90-day waiting list, was stuck in limbo waiting for crucial surgery, and hence I ask: is there an administration waiting list before you actually get on the surgery waiting list?