❓ A parliamentary question regarding the opening of a new secure unit at Graylands Hospital, Fitzroy House, for severely mentally ill patients, including staffing, orientation, and its intended use for both chronic and early psychosis patients.
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GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL - FITZROY HOUSE
(1) When will the new secure beds for severely mentally ill patients at Fitzroy House, Graylands Hospital, be ready to accept the first patients? (2) What is the full staff complement required to enable the new unit to be fully operational? (3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) When will the new secure beds for severely mentally ill patients at Fitzroy House, Graylands Hospital, be ready to accept the first patients? (2) What is the full staff complement required to enable the new unit to be fully operational? (3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(2) What is the full staff complement required to enable the new unit to be fully operational? (3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
[See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(2) What is the full staff complement required to enable the new unit to be fully operational? (3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(3) How many of this staff complement have signed contracts for positions to be filled at this new unit? (4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(4) What is the detailed orientation program for staff employed to operate the unit, and when will it commence? (5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(5) Is the minister aware that this new unit is being referred to in some quarters as a “first psychosis” or “early intervention” unit? (6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(6) If yes, is the minister aware of best practice models of care providing specialist first psychosis or early intervention programs operating in the same environment as an acute-care psychiatric unit, and will he quote examples of where else this is occurring? (7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(7) Will the minister state clearly whether this new unit will be operated for chronically mentally ill patients requiring urgent hospital admission to address the continuing beds crisis or for some other apparently poorly designed alternative use? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
It is quite a long question and, therefore, quite a long answer, so I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated into Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Leave granted. [See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
[See paper 2238.] The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
The following material was incorporated - I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
I thank the Hon. member for some notice of this question. (1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(1) Patients will be accepted from Monday 29 January 2007. (2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(2) The full staff complement includes: FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
FTE Nursing 26.07 Admin & Clerical 0.28 Allied Health 2.89 Hotel Services 3.09 Engineering 0.09 Medical 1.2 TOTAL 33.62 (3) Staff are employed by Graylands Hospital and not specifically contracted to the new Unit. Recruitment is underway and the Unit will be staffed by January 2007.; (4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(4) Orientation for staff will commence on 15 January 2007 for a two week period. Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Orientation will include: · Physical ward layout and standard equipment · Emergency equipment and protocols · Ward philosophy and routines · Care delivery models and protocols · Core courses · Hospital/Community linkages · Professor Assen Jablensky will provide specialist training in enduring mental illness. (5) Yes. Whilst the Unit will accommodate some early intervention in psychosis patients this is not the primary function of the Unit. (6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(6) It is not known if there are any other units where early intervention is psychosis patients and other acute patients are clinically managed together in a ‘specialised’ unit. Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
Currently, early interventions in psychosis patients are admitted to units in Graylands Hospital. The new unit will be better able to provide specialist and individual treatment and care in line with best practice principles. (7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
(7) Up to 14 acutely mentally ill patients will be accommodated and treated in this unit, which is designed to care for all patients in this model. It is expected that there will be up to six early intervention in psychosis patients in the new unit at any given time. Research indicates that there will be no more than one hundred patients per annum who fit the early intervention in psychosis admission criteria. A direct link between Ellis Ward and the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry will provide detailed clinical assessments and individualised care in accordance with international best practice clinical research into early intervention in psychosis.
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