❓ Hon Helen Morton inquires about security measures implemented at East Perth Mental Health Facility and other mental health facilities following an unspecified incident. The response details immediate actions taken at the Wellington St Clinic and ongoing strategies, including relocation efforts and reviews.
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(1) Please provide a description of specific strategies, policies and/or security measures that have been put in place at the East Perth Mental Health Facility and other mental health facilities, following the incident?
(2) Where strategies, policies and/or security measures are still being put in place, could you please provide details as to what these measures are and when these measures are expected to be in place?
(2) Where strategies, policies and/or security measures are still being put in place, could you please provide details as to what these measures are and when these measures are expected to be in place?
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Answered
18 February 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
81 days
1. The following measures were put in place at the Wellington St Clinic:
· A full time security officer to escort staff to and from the clinic to the car park; and
· An Occupational Health and Safety review of the building with recommendations being made and implemented.
This security officer had a week of orientation at the Frankland Centre and began working full-time at the Wellington Street Clinic on 31 December 2007.
2. Strategies still in the process of being put in place include the following.
· Relocation of the service to a new facility, which will include a secure car park for staff. The Vic Smith Association (VSA), on behalf of the North Metropolitan Area Health Service (NMAHS), has put in offers on two different sites but neither offer was accepted by the owners. VSA continues to search for properties which meet the requirements of the Wellington Street Clinic.
· Dr David Russell-Weisz, Chief Executive of the NMAHS, Dr Ann Hodge, A/Area Executive Director NMAHS Mental Health and Dr Viki Pascu, A/Director of the State Forensic Mental Health Service (SFMHS), visited the staff at the Wellington Street Clinic on 28 December 2007 and re-affirmed with the staff that efforts to locate suitable property is a priority.
· The report from the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) will be tabled at the next Executive Governance meeting of the State Forensic Mental Health Service on 15 January 2008. The RCA will then be reviewed by the Community Forensic Mental Health Program Clinical Governance Committee which will respond to the recommendations in the RCA. This response will also be reviewed by the Executive Governance Committee of the SFMHS for final approval of the implementation plan
· The NMAHS Mental Health is liaising with Prof Mullen and Mr M Burt from Forensicare (Victoria) to establish a date for the commencement of the external clinical review of the SFMHS.
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· A full time security officer to escort staff to and from the clinic to the car park; and
· An Occupational Health and Safety review of the building with recommendations being made and implemented.
This security officer had a week of orientation at the Frankland Centre and began working full-time at the Wellington Street Clinic on 31 December 2007.
2. Strategies still in the process of being put in place include the following.
· Relocation of the service to a new facility, which will include a secure car park for staff. The Vic Smith Association (VSA), on behalf of the North Metropolitan Area Health Service (NMAHS), has put in offers on two different sites but neither offer was accepted by the owners. VSA continues to search for properties which meet the requirements of the Wellington Street Clinic.
· Dr David Russell-Weisz, Chief Executive of the NMAHS, Dr Ann Hodge, A/Area Executive Director NMAHS Mental Health and Dr Viki Pascu, A/Director of the State Forensic Mental Health Service (SFMHS), visited the staff at the Wellington Street Clinic on 28 December 2007 and re-affirmed with the staff that efforts to locate suitable property is a priority.
· The report from the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) will be tabled at the next Executive Governance meeting of the State Forensic Mental Health Service on 15 January 2008. The RCA will then be reviewed by the Community Forensic Mental Health Program Clinical Governance Committee which will respond to the recommendations in the RCA. This response will also be reviewed by the Executive Governance Committee of the SFMHS for final approval of the implementation plan
· The NMAHS Mental Health is liaising with Prof Mullen and Mr M Burt from Forensicare (Victoria) to establish a date for the commencement of the external clinical review of the SFMHS.
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