Only three of 201 Australian public hospitals are delivering care to sufferers throughout the really helpful timeframe – down from 15 hospitals a yr in the past, a damning new report has revealed.

The Australian Medical Association on Tuesday launched new evaluation revealing the “shocking” outcomes that president Professor Steve Robson says mirror a worsening logjam within the nation’s public hospitals.

The public well being system is beneath mounting strain from continued workforce shortages, elevated ambulance ramping and emergency departments past capability.

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The mixture of those elements are inflicting hospitals to battle to manage nationwide, the AMA warns, with prolonged delays to important elective surgical procedures and wait instances in emergency departments.

Robson stated the AMA’s new Australian Public Hospitals in Logjam report “paints a worsening picture of emergency department and essential surgery performance”.

In 2020-21, solely 15 of 201 hospitals obtained “green lights” towards all efficiency indicators.

But final yr’s outcomes mirrored a extra dire state, with solely three hospitals given a inexperienced mild: Young Hospital in NSW and South Coast District and Riverland General hospitals in South Australia.

Australians can learn how their native hospitals stack up by coming into their postcode into the AMA logjam finder.

The instrument works through the use of the newest hospital knowledge from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to rank hospital efficiency on emergency division response instances and whether or not important elective surgical procedure was carried out within the really helpful timeframe.

Robson stated the findings are stunning and urged Australians to take motion and verify the efficiency of their native hospital.

“The AMA’s logjam finder is the only place national hospital data is presented in this way and we’re asking people to tell us their stories and email their MPs so state and federal governments can hear their voices,” he stated.

The AMA is asking on National Cabinet this week to deal with the nation’s backlog of surgical procedures that it estimates will tip half 1,000,000 on the finish of June.

“It’s devastating for every person waiting and dealing with months and months of pain,” Robson stated.

“It’s unlikely hospitals will be able to expand their capacity to address this backlog if there is no intervention.”

The affiliation needs a brand new nationwide plan funded by all governments with an up-front fee by the Commonwealth to assist state and territory governments to increase hospitality capability.

Robson stated the AMA has additionally been calling on the federal authorities to extend its share of hospital funding from 45 to 50 per cent and to take away the annual cap on exercise.