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Medibank Private - Burnside Hospital - Member Experience Survey

Date : January 2009


Between October 2006 and September 2007 Medibank Private, as part of its commitment to ensuring the quality and effectiveness of acute health care service provided by Australian Hospitals around Australia, undertook to survey its members’ satisfaction with their hospital care. The ‘Hospital Experience Survey’ reports on 144 private hospitals and the data is based on overnight hospital admissions. The data was reported to hospitals in January 2009.

Over the 12 month period, 556 questionnaires were mailed to patients that had been treated at Burnside War Memorial Hospital with a response rate of 231 completed questionnaires or a rate of 42%.

The survey is based on patient responses to 52 separate indicators and the results compared with other hospitals within the same category (35 hospitals).

The following is a summary of the relative Strengths and Weaknesses of our Hospital as determined by survey participants.


Question / Indicator

Burnside

Category Average

Explanation of the nature of treatment

99%

95%

Caring and compassionate attitude of Doctors

99%

96%

Privacy of room

99%

91%

Helpfulness of admission staff

99%

95%

Respect for privacy during stay

99%

95%

Cleanliness of the room

99%

95%

Understanding of admission staff

99%

92%

Information on hospital’s arrangements

92%

84%

Your date and time of admission

96%

90%

Advice on likely discharge date and procedures

89%

80%

Wait for a bed

97%

92%

Explanation of hospital routines by admission staff

91%

81%

Consistency of information

98%

92%

Satisfaction with private/shared accommodation

98%

93%

Caring and compassionate attitude of nursing staff

96%

92%

Length of time nursing staff took to respond to call

91%

86%

Ease of identifying roles of different staff members

87%

80%

Helpfulness of other hospital staff

98%

93%

Enough time spent discussing treatment while in hospital

96%

90%

Opportunity to ask questions about your condition or treatment

96%

91%

How well individual needs were responded to

96%

91%

Quality of meals

94%

84%

Amount of food each meal

95%

90%

Timing of meals

98%

92%

Menu catered for special dietary requirements

95%

87%

Access to food outside meal times

82%

69%

Meals for partner or carer

80%

62%

Cleanliness of bathroom

98%

94%

Quiet and restfulness of room

95%

84%

Facilities for belongings – availability, security and ease of use

95%

89%

Provided with information about how to make a formal complaint at hospital

64%

45%

Hospital provided Medibank Private’s brochure – “Ten Tips for Safer Health Care”

30%

21%

Sufficient notice about your date and time of discharge

93%

87%

Would recommend hospital to family/friends

97%

94%

In addition to answering specific survey questions, members were asked to offer comments/suggestions for improvements with some of the responses as follows:

As this was such a good experience in regards to care from staff and pleasant surroundings compared to public hospital stays it’s hard to find a complaint.”

“Cannot fault a thing, they were incredible.”


“I have stayed in a few hospitals. This was the best.”


“Requires more parking.”


“Hard to say, they provided an excellent service. The doctors, nurses and admin staff made my stay very comfortable. The kitchen staff gave me excellent food. What more could I say?”


“They all do a great job and were very caring and efficient.”


“The hospital was fantastic.”


“I can’t think of any improvements.”


“The only thing I could say would be Burnside more than meets my needs in Hospitals. Fantastic.”

 
 
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