❓ This parliamentary question seeks data on the number of School Entry Health Assessments conducted in 2023 and the subsequent referrals to various Child Development Services. The answer provides specific figures for both assessments and referrals.
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I refer to the Child and Adolescent Health Service's School Entry Health Assessment, which is offered to all children in the year they start school, and I ask: (a) how many School Entry Health Assessments were conducted in 2023; and (b) of those assessments referred to in (a), how many resulted in a referral to the following services provided by the metropolitan Child Development Services: (i) physiotherapy; (ii) occupational therapy; (iii) speech pathology; (iv) audiology; (v) paediatrician; and (vi) clinical psychology?
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Answered
16 April 2024
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health
Response time
5 days
a. 24,111 School Entry Health Assessments (SEHA’s) were conducted in 2023.
b.
Discipline
Number or referrals in 2023
(i) Physiotherapy
35
(ii) Occupational therapy
77
(iii) Speech pathology
392
(iv) Audiology
618
(v) Paediatrician
9
(vi) Clinical psychology
35
b.
Discipline
Number or referrals in 2023
(i) Physiotherapy
35
(ii) Occupational therapy
77
(iii) Speech pathology
392
(iv) Audiology
618
(v) Paediatrician
9
(vi) Clinical psychology
35
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