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❓ Ms. Mettam asks about the number of full-year equivalent in-patient drug rehabilitation beds available in each WA health region from 2017-2023. The answer provides the total number of beds available across WA for those years.

AnsweredQoN 1253Legislative Assembly

Asked

14 August 2024

Member

Ms L. Mettam

Portfolio

Health

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I refer to each health region across Western Australia, and I ask: (a) How many (full-year equivalent) in-patient drug rehabilitation beds were available in each of the following years: (i) 2017; (ii) 2018; (iii) 2019; (iv) 2020; (v) 2021; (vi) 2022; and (vii) 2023?

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Answered

17 September 2024

Responded by

Minister for Health

Response time

5 days

(a) Inpatient services of this type provided within WA public hospitals will utilise general and mental health beds, depending on presenting conditions. In addition, there are a number of dedicated in-patient drug rehabilitation beds available for community based residential alcohol and drug treatment bed, community based low medical withdrawal beds and high/complex medical withdrawal beds at Next Step Drug and Alcohol Services. The number of full-year equivalent in-patient drug rehabilitation beds available each year are as follows:
(i) 2017: 346 beds;
(ii) 2018: 344 beds;
(iii) 2019: 374 beds;
(iv) 2020: 381 beds;
(v) 2021: 396 beds;
(vi) 2022: 396 beds; and
(vii) 2023: 396 beds.

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