❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number and types of mental health beds available, staffed, and occupied in Western Australia as of May 21, 2009. The response details bed categorisation by program, target group and ward type.
AnsweredQoN 773Legislative Council
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(1) Please detail every category of mental health bed (e.g. locked, secure, closed, open, community)?
(2) Please provide a brief description of what each category means?
(3) For each category, for each hospital and/or other facility in Western Australia, please detail the number of beds that are potentially available?
(4) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that, -
(a) were able to be staffed; and
(b) were occupied?
(2) Please provide a brief description of what each category means?
(3) For each category, for each hospital and/or other facility in Western Australia, please detail the number of beds that are potentially available?
(4) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, for each category, for each hospital and/or other facility, please detail the number of beds that, -
(a) were able to be staffed; and
(b) were occupied?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 August 2009
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health
Response time
82 days
(1) Mental health beds can be categorised by program type, target group and ward type as shown below:
Program Type
Target Group
Ward Type
Acute Inpatient
Child and Adolescent
Secure/locked/closed
Other Inpatient
Adult/General
Open
Older Persons
Forensic
(2) Description of each category:
Program Type:
Acute inpatient
:*
Programs primarily providing specialist psychiatric care for people with acute episodes of mental disorder. These episodes are characterised by recent onset of severe clinical symptoms of mental disorder that have the potential for prolonged dysfunction or risk to self and/or others. The key characteristic of acute services is that this treatment effort is focused on short-term treatment.
Other inpatient
:*
Refers to all other programs primarily providing admitted patient care. Includes programs providing rehabilitation services that have a primary focus on intervention to reduce functional impairments that limit the independence of patients. Also includes programs providing extended care services that primarily provide care over an indefinite period for patients who have a stable but severe level of functional impairment and an inability to function independently, thus requiring extensive care and support.
Target Group:
Child and adolescent
:*
These services principally target children and young people up to the age of 18 years. These services may include a forensic component.
Adult/General
:*
These services principally target the general adult population (aged 18?65 years) but may also provide services to children, adolescents or older people. These exclude forensic services.
Older person
:*
These services principally target people in the age group 65 years and over. They may include a forensic component.
Forensic
:*
Health services that provide services primarily for people whose health condition has led them to commit, or be suspected of, a criminal offence or make it likely that they will re-offend without adequate treatment or containment. This includes prison-based services, but excludes services that are primarily for children and adolescents and for older people, even where they include a forensic component.
Note:
* Please refer to the National Health Data Dictionary 13.2 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) for full definitions.
Ward Type:
Secure/Locked/Closed
:
Secure beds refer to beds in designated secure, closed or locked areas in authorised mental health inpatient facilities (authorised hospitals). It should be noted that any area of an authorised hospital can be locked in order to prevent an involuntary detained patient absconding. If there is a risk of absconding, it is preferable for involuntary patients to be cared for in a secure or locked area under the
Mental Health Act 1996
. However, there is nothing to prevent the involuntary patient being cared for in any area of an authorised hospital.
Note:
Section 3 of the
Mental Health Act 1996
,
an "authorised hospital''
means:
(a) a public hospital, or part of a public hospital, that is for the time being authorised under section 21; and
(b) a private hospital whose licence is endorsed under section 26DA of the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
;
Open
:
A bed or ward in the mental health inpatient facility where patients generally have free access and egress.
Source: Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
(3) At Thursday 21 May 2009, a total of 729 mental health beds were potentially available in Western Australia (WA). This consisted of 420 open beds and 309 secure/locked beds and includes inactive beds (those closed from use due to staffing, funding, maintenance reasons etc).
[See tabled paper no]
Note: Figures on bed capacity, bed staffing and bed occupancy have been sourced from the BedState system and are accurate as at 27 May 2009. These figures can fluctuate at any given time throughout the day. Beds vacated by patients who are on leave are not counted as occupied.
(4) (a) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, there were 705 mental health beds available for use in WA. This included 411 open beds and 294 secure/locked beds.
[See tabled paper no]
(b) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, there were 634 mental health beds occupied in WA. Of the beds occupied, 355 were open and 279 were secure/locked.
[See tabled paper no]
Note: Figures on bed capacity, bed staffing and bed occupancy have been sourced from the BedState system and are accurate as at 27 May 2009. These figures can fluctuate at any given time throughout the day. Beds vacated by patients who are on leave are not counted as occupied.
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Program Type
Target Group
Ward Type
Acute Inpatient
Child and Adolescent
Secure/locked/closed
Other Inpatient
Adult/General
Open
Older Persons
Forensic
(2) Description of each category:
Program Type:
Acute inpatient
:*
Programs primarily providing specialist psychiatric care for people with acute episodes of mental disorder. These episodes are characterised by recent onset of severe clinical symptoms of mental disorder that have the potential for prolonged dysfunction or risk to self and/or others. The key characteristic of acute services is that this treatment effort is focused on short-term treatment.
Other inpatient
:*
Refers to all other programs primarily providing admitted patient care. Includes programs providing rehabilitation services that have a primary focus on intervention to reduce functional impairments that limit the independence of patients. Also includes programs providing extended care services that primarily provide care over an indefinite period for patients who have a stable but severe level of functional impairment and an inability to function independently, thus requiring extensive care and support.
Target Group:
Child and adolescent
:*
These services principally target children and young people up to the age of 18 years. These services may include a forensic component.
Adult/General
:*
These services principally target the general adult population (aged 18?65 years) but may also provide services to children, adolescents or older people. These exclude forensic services.
Older person
:*
These services principally target people in the age group 65 years and over. They may include a forensic component.
Forensic
:*
Health services that provide services primarily for people whose health condition has led them to commit, or be suspected of, a criminal offence or make it likely that they will re-offend without adequate treatment or containment. This includes prison-based services, but excludes services that are primarily for children and adolescents and for older people, even where they include a forensic component.
Note:
* Please refer to the National Health Data Dictionary 13.2 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) for full definitions.
Ward Type:
Secure/Locked/Closed
:
Secure beds refer to beds in designated secure, closed or locked areas in authorised mental health inpatient facilities (authorised hospitals). It should be noted that any area of an authorised hospital can be locked in order to prevent an involuntary detained patient absconding. If there is a risk of absconding, it is preferable for involuntary patients to be cared for in a secure or locked area under the
Mental Health Act 1996
. However, there is nothing to prevent the involuntary patient being cared for in any area of an authorised hospital.
Note:
Section 3 of the
Mental Health Act 1996
,
an "authorised hospital''
means:
(a) a public hospital, or part of a public hospital, that is for the time being authorised under section 21; and
(b) a private hospital whose licence is endorsed under section 26DA of the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
;
Open
:
A bed or ward in the mental health inpatient facility where patients generally have free access and egress.
Source: Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
(3) At Thursday 21 May 2009, a total of 729 mental health beds were potentially available in Western Australia (WA). This consisted of 420 open beds and 309 secure/locked beds and includes inactive beds (those closed from use due to staffing, funding, maintenance reasons etc).
[See tabled paper no]
Note: Figures on bed capacity, bed staffing and bed occupancy have been sourced from the BedState system and are accurate as at 27 May 2009. These figures can fluctuate at any given time throughout the day. Beds vacated by patients who are on leave are not counted as occupied.
(4) (a) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, there were 705 mental health beds available for use in WA. This included 411 open beds and 294 secure/locked beds.
[See tabled paper no]
(b) As at Thursday 21 May 2009, there were 634 mental health beds occupied in WA. Of the beds occupied, 355 were open and 279 were secure/locked.
[See tabled paper no]
Note: Figures on bed capacity, bed staffing and bed occupancy have been sourced from the BedState system and are accurate as at 27 May 2009. These figures can fluctuate at any given time throughout the day. Beds vacated by patients who are on leave are not counted as occupied.
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