❓ A parliamentary question probes discrepancies between the official register of mental health beds at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and a minister's press release regarding a new mental health unit. The response clarifies bed numbers and usage.
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Page 5 of the register of authorised hospitals in Western Australia, as required under the Mental Health Act 1996, shows the number of approved mental health beds at the Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital as 41 as at 1 March 2006. (1) How long has the register shown 41 beds at Armadale? (2) Is the proposed new eight-bed mental health unit, due to open next month as stated by the minister in his press release of 9 March 2006, an addition to the 41 beds already on the register? (3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(1) How long has the register shown 41 beds at Armadale? (2) Is the proposed new eight-bed mental health unit, due to open next month as stated by the minister in his press release of 9 March 2006, an addition to the 41 beds already on the register? (3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(2) Is the proposed new eight-bed mental health unit, due to open next month as stated by the minister in his press release of 9 March 2006, an addition to the 41 beds already on the register? (3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(1) How long has the register shown 41 beds at Armadale? (2) Is the proposed new eight-bed mental health unit, due to open next month as stated by the minister in his press release of 9 March 2006, an addition to the 41 beds already on the register? (3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(2) Is the proposed new eight-bed mental health unit, due to open next month as stated by the minister in his press release of 9 March 2006, an addition to the 41 beds already on the register? (3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(3) Have eight beds been closed, refurbished and reopened to make up the new eight-bed ward? (4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(4) Given that there are already 41 beds on the register, is the press release by the minister stating that the new eight-bed ward will increase the number of mental health beds at Armadale to 41 a mistake, or deliberate deception? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(1) Under the Mental Health Act 1996, Armadale hospital was authorised for the first time in 2001. The potential capacity reflected in the register was 41 beds. At that time there were only 20 active beds. (2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
(2)-(4) The eight-bed unit represents a reconfiguration of the authorised area and reflects an increase from 25 to 33 in the number of adult beds available to the mental health system. The register qualifies that bed numbers are a guide only. The new eight-bed ward will increase the number of active mental health beds at Armadale.
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