❓ Question regarding the number of mental health patients under guard in WA hospitals, particularly in light of reduced capacity at Graylands Hospital. The answer indicates that the requested data is not readily available and would require a significant manual review of records.
AnsweredQoN 1206Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to media reports that an increasing number of mental health patients are being cared for in 'mainstream' hospitals because of a recent reduction in the acute bed capacity at Graylands Hospital, and I ask: (a) how many mental health patients at each hospital facility in Western Australia were being cared for under guard as at: (i) 1 July 2013; (ii) 1 December 2013; and (iii) 1 April 2014; (b) will the Minister please list each hospital facility where mental health patients were being cared for under guard for the period of 1 July 2013 to 1 April 2014; and (c) will the Minister please list the organisations that provided the security services at each of the facilities listed in the answer to (b)?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
26 June 2014
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
49 days
(a - c) Information regarding mental health patients cared for in Emergency Departments or in wards not designated as 'mental health' under guard by security staff is not captured in the metropolitan and WACHS patient information systems. Therefore, a report is not available to provide this information.
To correctly answer this question would require a manual review of all mental health patient medical records that attended an Emergency Department and/or were admitted to a non-mental health inpatient bed. Such a review would require significant staffing hours.
Routine internal security services are provided at all sites. This includes the provision of assistance to ensure patient, visitor and staff safety. The diagnosis of the patient is not recorded at the time and it should be noted that security may also be required for relatives of patients and in other situations which may or may not be related to mental health.
To correctly answer this question would require a manual review of all mental health patient medical records that attended an Emergency Department and/or were admitted to a non-mental health inpatient bed. Such a review would require significant staffing hours.
Routine internal security services are provided at all sites. This includes the provision of assistance to ensure patient, visitor and staff safety. The diagnosis of the patient is not recorded at the time and it should be noted that security may also be required for relatives of patients and in other situations which may or may not be related to mental health.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.