❓ The Minister for Mental Health addresses concerns regarding the potential closure of the Murchison ward at Graylands Hospital, future accommodation for long-term patients, and monitoring/complaint processes for mental health services.
AnsweredQoN 126Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
GRAYLANDS
HOSPITAL
126. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to the Minister for Mental
Health:
(1) Is the Murchison ward at Graylands Hospital closing; and,
if so, when?
(2) What new accommodation
within Graylands Hospital grounds is being developed for long-term mental
health patients for whom community living is not suitable?
(3) What
processes are in place to monitor existing service providers in terms of
community outcomes for mental health patients who currently reside in care, or
for those residing in a community setting?
(4) Are
report-back and intervention mechanisms in place for those service providers;
and, if so, what are they?
(5) What
independent avenues of complaint and review are available to mental health
patients and their families in relation to those mental health patients who
currently reside in care, or for those residing in a community setting?
HOSPITAL
126. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to the Minister for Mental
Health:
(1) Is the Murchison ward at Graylands Hospital closing; and,
if so, when?
(2) What new accommodation
within Graylands Hospital grounds is being developed for long-term mental
health patients for whom community living is not suitable?
(3) What
processes are in place to monitor existing service providers in terms of
community outcomes for mental health patients who currently reside in care, or
for those residing in a community setting?
(4) Are
report-back and intervention mechanisms in place for those service providers;
and, if so, what are they?
(5) What
independent avenues of complaint and review are available to mental health
patients and their families in relation to those mental health patients who
currently reside in care, or for those residing in a community setting?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1) No. The Murchison ward at Graylands is not closing.
(2) No new
accommodation is currently being developed within the Graylands grounds for
long-term mental health patients for whom community living is not suitable. The
Ellis ward on the Graylands campus is the most recently built best-practice
unit at Graylands. This ward is currently used for long-stay patients. The
Mental Health Commission will take carriage of future planning for the mental
health services on the Graylands health campus. I add that some of the patients
who were identified as suitable to move into housing come from the Graylands
campus, so that will in turn create vacancies in the long-term area at
Graylands.
(3)–(4) The
care that patients receive in public mental health services is monitored by the
Chief Psychiatrist as part of his established monitoring program. There is
reporting by public mental health services to the Department of Health's
Office of Safety and Quality in Healthcare, as well as to the Chief
Psychiatrist. Mental Health Commission-funded non-government organisations that
provide supported accommodation and care in the community are monitored through
contracting processes. In addition, many supported accommodation services are
licensed and are subject to regular monitoring from the licensing and
accreditation regulatory unit.
(5) Independent
avenues of complaint, and review of those complaints, are available through the
Council of Official Visitors, the Mental Health Commission and the Health and
Disability Services Complaints Office.
(1) No. The Murchison ward at Graylands is not closing.
(2) No new
accommodation is currently being developed within the Graylands grounds for
long-term mental health patients for whom community living is not suitable. The
Ellis ward on the Graylands campus is the most recently built best-practice
unit at Graylands. This ward is currently used for long-stay patients. The
Mental Health Commission will take carriage of future planning for the mental
health services on the Graylands health campus. I add that some of the patients
who were identified as suitable to move into housing come from the Graylands
campus, so that will in turn create vacancies in the long-term area at
Graylands.
(3)–(4) The
care that patients receive in public mental health services is monitored by the
Chief Psychiatrist as part of his established monitoring program. There is
reporting by public mental health services to the Department of Health's
Office of Safety and Quality in Healthcare, as well as to the Chief
Psychiatrist. Mental Health Commission-funded non-government organisations that
provide supported accommodation and care in the community are monitored through
contracting processes. In addition, many supported accommodation services are
licensed and are subject to regular monitoring from the licensing and
accreditation regulatory unit.
(5) Independent
avenues of complaint, and review of those complaints, are available through the
Council of Official Visitors, the Mental Health Commission and the Health and
Disability Services Complaints Office.
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