❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Mental Health regarding the status of the Graylands Hospital closure plan and the relocation of patients. The Minister provides an update on the planning process and bed reconfiguration, noting no patients have been moved as part of the specific 10-year plan yet.
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GRAYLANDS HOSPITAL
451. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Minister for Mental Health:
(1) Can the
minister please provide a status update on ''Graylands: A Ten Year Plan
for Change 2015–2025'' and the staged closure of the Graylands
Hospital as of 1 May 2015?
(2) Have any patients already been moved out of Graylands as
a result of the staged closure?
(3) If yes to (2) —
(a) how many patients have already
been moved out of Graylands;
(b) what
percentage of these patients have been transferred into regional areas,
specifically Bunbury and Harvey; and
(c) can the
minister provide evidence that adequate supported accommodation and appropriate
community-based services have been provided to all these patients?
451. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Minister for Mental Health:
(1) Can the
minister please provide a status update on ''Graylands: A Ten Year Plan
for Change 2015–2025'' and the staged closure of the Graylands
Hospital as of 1 May 2015?
(2) Have any patients already been moved out of Graylands as
a result of the staged closure?
(3) If yes to (2) —
(a) how many patients have already
been moved out of Graylands;
(b) what
percentage of these patients have been transferred into regional areas,
specifically Bunbury and Harvey; and
(c) can the
minister provide evidence that adequate supported accommodation and appropriate
community-based services have been provided to all these patients?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
(1) The draft ''Western
Australian Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015–2025''
acknowledges the need for a carefully planned and phased closure of Graylands
Hospital, to be complemented by investment in contemporary models of care.
Agreement has recently been reached between the Mental Health Commissioner and
the acting director general of Health for this planning to commence.
(2) No, the
plan is still being finalised. However, the reconfiguration of mental health
beds over the past year has included the opening of 24 hospital-in-the-home
beds in the North Metropolitan Health Service. These beds have offset the
closure of 32 beds on the Plaistowe ward at Graylands Hospital in early 2014.
In addition, the new Midland Health Campus, scheduled to open in November 2015,
will include a 56-bed mental health unit that includes nine beds transferred
from Graylands.
(3) Not
applicable.
(1) The draft ''Western
Australian Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015–2025''
acknowledges the need for a carefully planned and phased closure of Graylands
Hospital, to be complemented by investment in contemporary models of care.
Agreement has recently been reached between the Mental Health Commissioner and
the acting director general of Health for this planning to commence.
(2) No, the
plan is still being finalised. However, the reconfiguration of mental health
beds over the past year has included the opening of 24 hospital-in-the-home
beds in the North Metropolitan Health Service. These beds have offset the
closure of 32 beds on the Plaistowe ward at Graylands Hospital in early 2014.
In addition, the new Midland Health Campus, scheduled to open in November 2015,
will include a 56-bed mental health unit that includes nine beds transferred
from Graylands.
(3) Not
applicable.
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