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OBSTETRICS
Birth numBerS
JHc delivered 3,782 babies in 2016-17 – a decrease of 12% on births overall
compared to the previous year.
Although there was a year-on-year decrease in births, there has still been a 38% increase on births over the past five years.
During the 2014-15 and 2015-16 years JHC delivered additional babies as the Midland Health Campus had not opened at that point.
AFTER-HOURS GP
attenDanCeS Down
13,488 patients in 2016-17
There was a decrease in the number of patients attending our After-hours GP clinic in 2016-17 with 13,488 patients attending the clinic.
OUTPATIENTS
inCreaSinG
JHc treated 71,563 people as
outpatients during 2016-17
a 2% decrease on the previous year but a 63% increase over the past five years *
* This does not include diagnostics and imaging appointments, which are provided externally by Western Diagnostic Pathology and Perth Radiology Clinic.
63%
over past 5 years
38%
over past 5 years
This is down compared to the 13,598 attendances in 2015/16 This represents a 30% decrease over the past five years
Increased access to GP home visiting services and local GP practices providing
after hours services in the community may have had an impact on attendance numbers.
30% over past
5 years
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