Only 56 per cent of emergency department presentations at the Launceston General Hospital were seen within the recommended time-frame, while the wait for category 1 elective surgery patients was 20-times higher than the statewide target, a new report has shown.
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Tabled in Parliament on Thursday, the Department of Health's 2018-19 annual report showed elective surgery patients admitted within the recommended timeframe statewide was 58.2 per cent - more than 30 per cent below the key performance indicator of no less than 90 per cent.
The maximum number of wait days for category 1 elective surgery was 686, compared to the target of no more than 30 days.
Category 2 was 781 days against a target of 100, while category 3 was 850 days against a target of 400.
Meanwhile, the number of ED presentations seen within the recommended time-frame at the LGH in 2018-19 was down from the previous financial year.
In 2017-18, less than 65 per cent of emergency department presentations were seen within the recommended timeframe compared to 56.1 per cent in 2018-19 - against the target of 80 per cent.
Health Minister Sarah Courtney said the report reflected the government's significant investments in front-line health workers, including an "increase of 350 FTE staff in the Tasmanian Health Service".
However Labor health spokeswoman Sarah Lovell said the report showed how broken the state's health system was, with Tasmanians "waiting in pain for surgery".
The report marks the first from Department of Health secretary Kathrine Morgan-Wicks, who replaced Michael Pervan in August.