❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks the Minister for Mental Health about the impact of reduced acute-bed capacity at Graylands Hospital, specifically regarding the number of mental health patients cared for under guard in mainstream hospitals. The Minister was unable to provide an answer within the timeframe and requests the question be put on notice again.
AnsweredQoN 473Legislative Council
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GRAYLANDS
HOSPITAL — ACUTE-BED CAPACITY
473. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to media reports that an increasing number of mental
health patients are being cared for in mainstream hospitals because of a recent
reduction in the acute-bed capacity at Graylands Hospital.
(1) How many
mental health patients at each hospital facility in Western Australia were
being cared for under guard as at 1 July 2013, 1 December 2013 and 1 April
2014?
(2) Please list
each hospital facility where mental health patients were being cared for under
guard for the period 1 July 2013 to 1 April 2014.
(3) Please list
the organisations that provided the security services at each of the facilities
listed in the answer to (2).
HOSPITAL — ACUTE-BED CAPACITY
473. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to media reports that an increasing number of mental
health patients are being cared for in mainstream hospitals because of a recent
reduction in the acute-bed capacity at Graylands Hospital.
(1) How many
mental health patients at each hospital facility in Western Australia were
being cared for under guard as at 1 July 2013, 1 December 2013 and 1 April
2014?
(2) Please list
each hospital facility where mental health patients were being cared for under
guard for the period 1 July 2013 to 1 April 2014.
(3) Please list
the organisations that provided the security services at each of the facilities
listed in the answer to (2).
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
Unfortunately, this is the only one out of the eight or nine questions lodged
that I could not get answered in the time frame available. I therefore ask the
member whether he could possibly put that question on notice, please.
Unfortunately, this is the only one out of the eight or nine questions lodged
that I could not get answered in the time frame available. I therefore ask the
member whether he could possibly put that question on notice, please.
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