❓ Hon Michelle Boylan asks about the regional provision of inpatient older age mental health services in WA, specifically regarding the number, location, capacity of units, and patient transfers to Perth. The response indicates older adults are accommodated in general hospitals with transfers to Perth for higher acuity care, with six transfers in 2023-24.
AnsweredQoN 230Legislative Assembly
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Mental health services—Inpatient older age units
230. Hon Michelle Boylan to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the
regional provision of older age mental health services in Western Australia.
(1) External to the Perth
metropolitan boundary, how many dedicated inpatient older age mental health
units are operational in WA?
(2) What is the location of these inpatient older
age mental health units, when did they become operational and what is the bed
capacity of each unit?
(3) For the financial year 2023–24, how
many regional older adults were transferred to Perth for older adult mental
health unit care?
230. Hon Michelle Boylan to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the
regional provision of older age mental health services in Western Australia.
(1) External to the Perth
metropolitan boundary, how many dedicated inpatient older age mental health
units are operational in WA?
(2) What is the location of these inpatient older
age mental health units, when did they become operational and what is the bed
capacity of each unit?
(3) For the financial year 2023–24, how
many regional older adults were transferred to Perth for older adult mental
health unit care?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question and congratulate her on her
first question. The following has been provided by the Minister for Health.
(1)–(3) The WA Country Health Service can
accommodate older adults experiencing mental health issues at regional general
hospitals and multipurpose sites with support from regional mental health teams.
Where patients require a higher acuity of care, they are transferred to a
metropolitan older adult mental health facility. In the 2023–24
financial year, six adults aged 65 years and above were transferred to a
metropolitan site.
honourable member for some notice of the question and congratulate her on her
first question. The following has been provided by the Minister for Health.
(1)–(3) The WA Country Health Service can
accommodate older adults experiencing mental health issues at regional general
hospitals and multipurpose sites with support from regional mental health teams.
Where patients require a higher acuity of care, they are transferred to a
metropolitan older adult mental health facility. In the 2023–24
financial year, six adults aged 65 years and above were transferred to a
metropolitan site.
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