❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the categorization, availability, staffing, and occupancy of mental health beds in WA hospitals and facilities as of September 17, 2007. The answer provides definitions for different categories of mental health beds and refers to tabled papers for specific data.
AnsweredQoN 5545Legislative Council
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(2) Please provide a brief description of what each category means?
(3) For each category, for each hospital and/or other facility in Western Australia, please detail the number of beds that are potentially available?
(4) As at Monday 17 September 2007, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that were able to be staffed?
(5) As at Monday 17 September 2007, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that were occupied?
(3) For each category, for each hospital and/or other facility in Western Australia, please detail the number of beds that are potentially available?
(4) As at Monday 17 September 2007, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that were able to be staffed?
(5) As at Monday 17 September 2007, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that were occupied?
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Answered
23 October 2007
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(1) Mental health beds can be categorised by program type, target group and ward type as shown below:
Program Type:
· Acute inpatient
· Other inpatient
Target Group:
· Child and Adolescent
· Adult/General
· Older Persons
· Forensic
Ward Type:
· Secure/locked/closed
· Open
(2) Brief description of each category:
Program Type
Acute inpatient:
Programs primarily providing specialist psychiatric care for people with acute episodes of mental disorder. These episodes are characterised by recent onset of severe clinical symptoms of mental disorder that have potential for prolonged dysfunction or risk to self and/or others. The key characteristic of acute services is that this treatment effort is focused on short-term treatment.
Other inpatient:
Refers to all other programs primarily providing admitted patient care. Includes programs providing rehabilitation services that have a primary focus on intervention to reduce functional impairments that limit the independence of patients. Also includes programs providing extended care services that primarily provide care over an indefinite period for patients who have a stable but severe level of functional impairment and an inability to function independently, thus requiring extensive care and support.
Target Group
Child and adolescent: These services principally target children and young people up to the age of 18 years. These services may include a forensic component.
Adult/General: These services principally target the general adult population (aged 18-65 years) but may also provide services to children, adolescents or older people. These exclude forensic services.
Older person: These services principally target people in the age group 65 years and over. They may include a forensic component.
Forensic: Health services that provide services primarily for people whose health condition has led them to commit, or be suspected of, a criminal offence or make it likely that they will re-offend without adequate treatment or containment. This includes prison-based services, but excludes services that are primarily for children and adolescents and for older people, even where they include a forensic component.
(Note: full definitions are in the National Health Data Dictionary 13.2, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
Ward Type
Secure/Locked/Closed:
Secure beds refer to beds in designated secure, closed or locked areas in authorised mental health inpatient facilities (authorised hospitals). It should be noted that any area of an authorised hospital can be locked in order to prevent an involuntary detained patient absconding. If there is a risk of absconding, it is preferable for involuntary patients to be cared for in a secure or locked area under the
Mental Health Act 1996
. However, there is nothing to prevent the involuntary patient being cared for in any area of an authorised hospital.
Note:
"authorised hospital''
means:
(a) a public hospital, or part of a public hospital, that is for the time being authorised under section 21; and
(b) a private hospital whose licence is endorsed under section 26DA of the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
; (Mental Health Act 1996).
Open:
Bed or ward in the mental health inpatient facility where patients generally have free access and egress.
Source: Office of the Chief Psychiatrist, Department of Health
(3) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
(4) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
(5) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
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Program Type:
· Acute inpatient
· Other inpatient
Target Group:
· Child and Adolescent
· Adult/General
· Older Persons
· Forensic
Ward Type:
· Secure/locked/closed
· Open
(2) Brief description of each category:
Program Type
Acute inpatient:
Programs primarily providing specialist psychiatric care for people with acute episodes of mental disorder. These episodes are characterised by recent onset of severe clinical symptoms of mental disorder that have potential for prolonged dysfunction or risk to self and/or others. The key characteristic of acute services is that this treatment effort is focused on short-term treatment.
Other inpatient:
Refers to all other programs primarily providing admitted patient care. Includes programs providing rehabilitation services that have a primary focus on intervention to reduce functional impairments that limit the independence of patients. Also includes programs providing extended care services that primarily provide care over an indefinite period for patients who have a stable but severe level of functional impairment and an inability to function independently, thus requiring extensive care and support.
Target Group
Child and adolescent: These services principally target children and young people up to the age of 18 years. These services may include a forensic component.
Adult/General: These services principally target the general adult population (aged 18-65 years) but may also provide services to children, adolescents or older people. These exclude forensic services.
Older person: These services principally target people in the age group 65 years and over. They may include a forensic component.
Forensic: Health services that provide services primarily for people whose health condition has led them to commit, or be suspected of, a criminal offence or make it likely that they will re-offend without adequate treatment or containment. This includes prison-based services, but excludes services that are primarily for children and adolescents and for older people, even where they include a forensic component.
(Note: full definitions are in the National Health Data Dictionary 13.2, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
Ward Type
Secure/Locked/Closed:
Secure beds refer to beds in designated secure, closed or locked areas in authorised mental health inpatient facilities (authorised hospitals). It should be noted that any area of an authorised hospital can be locked in order to prevent an involuntary detained patient absconding. If there is a risk of absconding, it is preferable for involuntary patients to be cared for in a secure or locked area under the
Mental Health Act 1996
. However, there is nothing to prevent the involuntary patient being cared for in any area of an authorised hospital.
Note:
"authorised hospital''
means:
(a) a public hospital, or part of a public hospital, that is for the time being authorised under section 21; and
(b) a private hospital whose licence is endorsed under section 26DA of the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
; (Mental Health Act 1996).
Open:
Bed or ward in the mental health inpatient facility where patients generally have free access and egress.
Source: Office of the Chief Psychiatrist, Department of Health
(3) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
(4) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
(5) See attached
[tabled paper ______].
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