❓ A parliamentary question addresses mental health services at the new Busselton hospital, including psychiatric beds, psychiatrist services, and staff training. The response outlines current and future provisions for mental health care, including transfers to Bunbury and ongoing support.
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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES - BUSSELTON
(1) Will the new hospital planned for Busselton have any dedicated psychiatric beds? (2) Are there plans to provide ongoing government-funded psychiatrist services in Busselton? (3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) Will the new hospital planned for Busselton have any dedicated psychiatric beds? (2) Are there plans to provide ongoing government-funded psychiatrist services in Busselton? (3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(2) Are there plans to provide ongoing government-funded psychiatrist services in Busselton? (3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(2) Are there plans to provide ongoing government-funded psychiatrist services in Busselton? (3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(3) Will staff receive any additional training to provide services for people with a mental illness at the Busselton hospital? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(1) Patients with mild to moderate mental illness are currently, and will continue to be, admitted to the Busselton District Hospital. In addition, patients will also be able to be transferred - when clinical need determines it necessary - to the Bunbury Regional Hospital acute psychiatric unit, which is being expanded from 15 to 33 beds. (2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(2) Psychiatric services are currently provided by the Busselton mental health clinic, and this will continue. (3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
(3) Busselton District Hospital staff currently receive, and will continue to receive, ongoing support and training from community mental health nurses.
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