❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses concerns about patient and staffing levels at the Swan Valley Centre, particularly regarding the number of secure beds and involuntary admissions. The Minister provides detailed responses regarding gazetted bed numbers, duty of care, staffing increases, and timelines for full bed operation.
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SWAN VALLEY CENTRE - PATIENTS AND STAFF
Further to answers to questions without notice 799, 822 and 843, regarding staff and patient numbers at the Swan Valley Centre at Swan District Hospital - (1) Is the Swan Valley Centre gazetted for six secure beds? (2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY
Further to answers to questions without notice 799, 822 and 843, regarding staff and patient numbers at the Swan Valley Centre at Swan District Hospital - (1) Is the Swan Valley Centre gazetted for six secure beds? (2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(1) Is the Swan Valley Centre gazetted for six secure beds? (2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(1) Is the Swan Valley Centre gazetted for six secure beds? (2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(2) Is it illegal to involuntarily admit patients who require known secure involuntary bed care in beds not gazetted as secure beds? (3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(3) Why did the Swan Valley Centre have eight secure involuntary patients on days between 5 and 12 September if the facility is gazetted for only six secure beds? (4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(4) If nursing numbers increased on those days between 5 and 12 September, will the minister please indicate by how much? (5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(5) How many secure and how many open beds were operational at the Swan Valley Centre on 10 and 24 October and 7 November? (6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(6) How many secure and how many open beds are currently available? (7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(7) When will all the beds become operational? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(1) The Swan Valley Centre is currently gazetted under the Mental Health Act 1996 for six secure beds. (2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(2) When patients present under the Mental Health Act 1996 to an inpatient unit, the service is required under duty of care to accept the patient. Assessment of the patient’s requirements and appropriateness for a secure or open bed then takes place. (3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(3) The Swan Valley Centre secure area that is designed to treat the population of the local community has the capacity to accommodate eight involuntary patients if required. As per individual patient assessment, a team clinical decision was made to treat up to eight secure involuntary patients in the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre as the most appropriate facility between 5 and 12 September. (4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(4) Staffing for the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre increased by two staff between 5 and 12 September; that is, one extra staff member on day shift and one extra staff member on late shift. Also, on 10 September the secure area of the Swan Valley Centre had a fifth staff member providing a one-nurse-to-one-patient special on day shift. “Special” refers to when one nurse is assigned to one patient only, as the patient is particularly ill at the time. (5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(5) 10 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; 24 October 2006, six secure and 12 open beds; and 7 November 2006, six secure and 15 open beds. (6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(6) Six secure and 17 open beds. (7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
(7) It is envisaged that all beds in the Swan Valley Centre - six secure and 19 open beds - will be fully operational on Monday, 20 November 2006.
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