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❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health regarding the Psychiatric Liaison Nurse at Busselton Health Campus, including hours worked, patient referrals, demographics, admissions, transfers, and length of stay. The Minister provides detailed data in response.

AnsweredQoN 665Legislative Assembly

Asked

14 February 2023

Member

Ms L. Mettam

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I refer to the Psychiatric Liaison Nurse (PLN) at Busselton Health Campus and ask: (a) How many hours per week is the nurse working at Busselton Health Campus; (b) How many patients were referred to the PLN for each of the months in the following periods: (i) June 2021; (ii) 2021-2022; and (iii) 2022-date; (c) For each of the above periods listed in (b) (i), (ii) and (iii), how many patients referred to the PLN were: (i) Female; (ii) Male; (iii) Under 13; (iv) 13-18 years; (v) 19-30 years; (vi) 31-45 years; (vii) 46-60 years; and (viii) Over 60 years; (d) For each of the periods listed in (b) (i), (ii) and (iii), how many patients were admitted to Busselton Health Campus overnight; (e) How many patients were transferred to Bunbury Regional Hospital or another hospital/mental health unit; and (f) What was the average length of stay for those patients admitted to hospital?

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Answered

9 May 2023

Responded by

Minister for Health

Response time

15 days

(a) 56
(b) (i) - (iii)
Time Period
Patients
Jun-21
30
Jul-21
39
Aug-21
41
Sep-21
22
Oct-21
34
Nov-21
32
Dec-21
53
Jan-22
27
Feb-22
26
Mar-22
37
Apr-22
23
May-22
31
Jun-22
40
Jul-22
39
Aug-22
34
Sep-22
50
Oct-22
28
Nov-22
39
Dec-22
35
Jan-23
22
Feb-23
20
(c) (i) - (viii)
Time Period
Female
Male
<13
13-18
19-30
31-45
46-60
>60
Jun-21
15
15
0
8
≤ 5
11
≤ 5
≤ 5
2021-22
207
198
8
98
115
107
51
26
2022-14 Feb-23
168
99
8
45
74
72
36
32
(d)
Time Period
Patients
Jun-21
282
2021-22
2739
2022-31 Dec-22
1532
(e) 64 patients.
(f) 5 days.

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