❓ The Hon. Helen Morton questions the Minister for Health regarding mental health bed closures at Swan Valley Centre and the opening of the Ellis unit at Graylands Hospital, focusing on bed numbers and staffing. The Minister responds with specific figures and highlights a net increase in metropolitan mental health beds.
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MENTAL HEALTH BEDS
(1) Can the minister confirm that 13 of the 25 mental health beds at the Swan Valley Centre at Swan District Hospital are now closed; and, if that is not correct, can the minister confirm how many beds are closed? (2) What is the total number of mental health inpatient beds now open at the new $5.5 million Ellis unit at Graylands Hospital? (3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) Can the minister confirm that 13 of the 25 mental health beds at the Swan Valley Centre at Swan District Hospital are now closed; and, if that is not correct, can the minister confirm how many beds are closed? (2) What is the total number of mental health inpatient beds now open at the new $5.5 million Ellis unit at Graylands Hospital? (3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(2) What is the total number of mental health inpatient beds now open at the new $5.5 million Ellis unit at Graylands Hospital? (3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(2) What is the total number of mental health inpatient beds now open at the new $5.5 million Ellis unit at Graylands Hospital? (3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(3) How many staff employed at the new Ellis unit since 1 January 2007 have previously worked at the Swan Valley Centre? (4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(4) When the minister put out his press release on 13 March 2007 about the Ellis unit being staffed and occupied one month ahead of schedule, did he know that the net increase in beds at that unit was so small? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(1) The configuration of staffed beds at the Swan Valley Centre as at 27 March 2007 is six secure beds and eight open beds, a total of 14. Eleven open beds are currently unstaffed, with four of the currently unstaffed “open” beds able to be accessed at any given time on a short-term basis. (2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(2) Fourteen. (3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(3) One. (4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
(4) Access to adult beds in the metropolitan area has been significantly increased by the opening of the new Ellis unit from 404 beds to 416 beds.
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