❓ Hon. Sally Talbot inquires about the availability and expansion of the Hospital in the Home (HITH) program for mental health patients in WA. The Minister provides details on current capacity and future plans for the North Metropolitan Health Service.
AnsweredQoN 884Legislative Council
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MENTAL
HEALTH — HOSPITAL IN THE HOME PROGRAM
884. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Mental Health:
(1) How many mental health patients in
Western Australia are currently receiving care in a Hospital in the Home
program?
(2) Where are these
services currently available?
(3) Where will these
services be available in 2014–15?
HEALTH — HOSPITAL IN THE HOME PROGRAM
884. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Mental Health:
(1) How many mental health patients in
Western Australia are currently receiving care in a Hospital in the Home
program?
(2) Where are these
services currently available?
(3) Where will these
services be available in 2014–15?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member
for some notice of the question.
(1) Within the financial year 2012–13,
North Metropolitan Health Service mental health has had 93 Hospital in the Home
separations. There are four HITH beds, and currently there are four mental
health patients admitted to this service.
(2) This HITH program is run out of the
department of psychiatry at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, servicing the north
metropolitan area.
(3) The proposed HITH program for 2014–15
will provide eight Graylands HITH beds, in addition to the HITH program
referred to above, making a total of 12 HITH beds in the North Metropolitan
Health Service. There is no HITH in any health service other than the North
Metropolitan Health Service, and there are no plans for expansion known at this
time. However, after the mental health service's plan is completed,
expansion of the HITH service will be considered.
for some notice of the question.
(1) Within the financial year 2012–13,
North Metropolitan Health Service mental health has had 93 Hospital in the Home
separations. There are four HITH beds, and currently there are four mental
health patients admitted to this service.
(2) This HITH program is run out of the
department of psychiatry at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, servicing the north
metropolitan area.
(3) The proposed HITH program for 2014–15
will provide eight Graylands HITH beds, in addition to the HITH program
referred to above, making a total of 12 HITH beds in the North Metropolitan
Health Service. There is no HITH in any health service other than the North
Metropolitan Health Service, and there are no plans for expansion known at this
time. However, after the mental health service's plan is completed,
expansion of the HITH service will be considered.
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