❓ Hon Helen Morton asks about funding for a youth mental health facility in Joondalup. Hon Sue Ellery responds that it's under consideration and current services are managing demand, boosted by the WA mental health strategy.
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JOONDALUP MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT FACILITY — CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
(1) Have any funds been allocated in the 2008-09 budget for the development of a new mental health inpatient facility for young people at Joondalup? (2) If not, why not, and is the development of the facility still being considered? (3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) Have any funds been allocated in the 2008-09 budget for the development of a new mental health inpatient facility for young people at Joondalup? (2) If not, why not, and is the development of the facility still being considered? (3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(2) If not, why not, and is the development of the facility still being considered? (3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(2) If not, why not, and is the development of the facility still being considered? (3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(3) Are the current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service able to meet the needs of mental health inpatient services for young people? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(1)-(2) The facility is still under consideration under the Department of Health’s clinical service plan. (3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
(3) The demand for child and adolescent mental health inpatient beds fluctuates. The current inpatient services at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Bentley Health Service manage this demand. These services have been recently boosted under phase two of the WA mental health strategy 2008-11, with the introduction of the assertive case management, ACM, team at PMH.
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