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WQ.374/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
BY THE CONNÉTABLE OF ST. JOHN
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2021
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2021
Question
Will the Minister provide the number of private medical procedures carried out at the Hospital by employees of the States of Jersey for each of the last 5 years, and outline how this figure compares with expected level of private medical procedures, if any, by States of Jersey employees?
Answer
Private surgical health care is available for all surgical specialities on an elective (scheduled/booked) and emergency basis for those patients who wish to use their private health insurance or wish to self-pay for private surgical care.
It is estimated that 25,000 islanders have private health care insurance policies, either individually funded or provided through their employer. A number of patients choose to self-fund their care.
The following table illustrates the number of surgical procedures (including endoscopy) undertaken in the last five years (as well as the number undertaken this year to date), broken down by public and private, and including/excluding emergency procedures. The percentage of private procedures has remained broadly constant over the last five years.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 - as at 31.08.21 |
Total Private including Emergency Procedures | 2400 | 2148 | 2196 | 2111 | 1681 | 1427 |
Total Public including Emergency Procedures | 8752 | 8110 | 8091 | 8100 | 6266 | 4671 |
Total | 11152 | 10258 | 10287 | 10211 | 7947 | 6098 |
Private as % Total including Emergency Procedures | 22% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 23% |
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Total Private excluding Emergency Procedures | 2290 | 2037 | 2089 | 2011 | 1598 | 1371 |
Total Public excluding Emergency Procedures | 7129 | 6592 | 6590 | 6594 | 5002 | 3775 |
Total | 9419 | 8629 | 8679 | 8605 | 6600 | 5146 |
Private as % Total excluding Emergency Procedures | 24% | 24% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 27% |