❓ Dr. Constable questions the discrepancy between reported service availability and the existence of a waitlist for therapy in the WA Country Health Service, specifically within the Great Southern Mental Health Services. The response clarifies the nature of the waitlist and the services provided while patients are waiting.
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(b) if there is no waiting time for services (part 5) and no delay between assessment and commencement of therapy/treatment (part 6), why are there 96 people on the waitlist for therapy in the WA Country Health Service?
(a) The figures provided in Part 1 reflect the number of patients who received treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings in public mental health services. The figures provided in Part 4, as stated, relate to outpatient services only. Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted". (b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted". (b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
(b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
(a) The figures provided in Part 1 reflect the number of patients who received treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings in public mental health services. The figures provided in Part 4, as stated, relate to outpatient services only. Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted". (b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted". (b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
(b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
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Answered
16 August 2005
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
54 days
(a) The figures provided in Part 1 reflect the number of patients who received treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings in public mental health services. The figures provided in Part 4, as stated, relate to outpatient services only.
Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted".
(b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
Patients may also receive therapy/treatment from more than one type of health professional, therefore, if the figures in Part 4 are totalled, patients may be "double counted".
(b) The 96 people on the WA Country Health Services waiting list are primarily from the Great Southern Mental Health Services (GSMHS). The GSMHS provides a specific counselling or psychotherapy service and the waitlist refers specifically to the access to these therapists. All cases referred for psychotherapy/counselling have been assessed, allocated a case manager and treatment may have commenced by mental health clinicians. The duty officer also follows up these cases via the phone to maintain contact until such time as a therapist becomes available.
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