❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about the Kalgoorlie hospital mental health inpatient unit's occupancy rates, patient transfers to Perth, and staffing vacancies. The Minister provides data on occupancy and transfers, and states there are no current staffing vacancies.
AnsweredQoN 283Legislative Council
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KALGOORLIE HOSPITAL — MENTAL HEALTH
INPATIENT UNIT
283. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister
for Mental Health:
I refer to the Kalgoorlie hospital
mental health inpatient unit. In 2015–16 —
(1) What was the average occupancy
rate for each month?
(2) How many patients required
transfer to Perth, and to what facilities were they transferred?
(3) How many staffing positions are
currently vacant, and what are the position titles?
INPATIENT UNIT
283. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister
for Mental Health:
I refer to the Kalgoorlie hospital
mental health inpatient unit. In 2015–16 —
(1) What was the average occupancy
rate for each month?
(2) How many patients required
transfer to Perth, and to what facilities were they transferred?
(3) How many staffing positions are
currently vacant, and what are the position titles?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) Please note
that data for March 2016 is not available until month's end. The
average occupancy rate for each month from 1 July 2015 to 29 February 2016 is
as follows: July 2015, 83.87 per cent; August 2015, 103.23 per cent—for
the member's information, occupancy above 100 per cent occurs when more
than one patient is admitted to a bed in a 24-hour period, but not together,
just in case the member has got that mixed up—September 2015, 91.67 per
cent; October 2015, 99.46 per cent; November 2015, 91.67 per cent; December
2015, 92.47 per cent; January 2016, 89.78 per cent; and February 2016, 68.39
per cent.
(2) Four patients
have been transferred to Perth facilities—one at Graylands Hospital,
one at Joondalup Health Campus mental health unit, one at Sir Charles Gairdner
Hospital, and one at St John of God Midland Hospital.
(3) Nil.
of the question.
(1) Please note
that data for March 2016 is not available until month's end. The
average occupancy rate for each month from 1 July 2015 to 29 February 2016 is
as follows: July 2015, 83.87 per cent; August 2015, 103.23 per cent—for
the member's information, occupancy above 100 per cent occurs when more
than one patient is admitted to a bed in a 24-hour period, but not together,
just in case the member has got that mixed up—September 2015, 91.67 per
cent; October 2015, 99.46 per cent; November 2015, 91.67 per cent; December
2015, 92.47 per cent; January 2016, 89.78 per cent; and February 2016, 68.39
per cent.
(2) Four patients
have been transferred to Perth facilities—one at Graylands Hospital,
one at Joondalup Health Campus mental health unit, one at Sir Charles Gairdner
Hospital, and one at St John of God Midland Hospital.
(3) Nil.
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