❓ Hon Donna Faragher asks about the number of School Entry Health Assessments conducted in 2021 and the resulting referrals to various child development services in both metropolitan and country areas. The response provides the number of assessments and referrals for metropolitan services, but states referrals to country services are not applicable.
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(1) I refer to the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s School Entry Health Assessment, which is offered to all children in the year they start school, and I ask, how many School Entry Health Assessments were conducted in 2021? (2) Of those assessments referred to in (1), how many resulted in a referral to the following services provided by the metropolitan Child Development Service: (a) physiotherapy; (b) occupational therapy; (c) speech pathology; (d) audiology; (e) paediatrician; and (f) clinical psychology? (3) Of those assessments referred to in (1), how many resulted in a referral to the following services provided by the WA Country Health Service: (a) physiotherapy; (b) occupational therapy; (c) speech pathology; (d) audiology; (e) paediatrician; and (f) clinical psychology?
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Answered
10 May 2022
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Health
Response time
2 days
1. In 2021, 24,155 School Entry Health Assessments (SEHA’s) were completed during the school year (01/02/2021–31/01/2022) for kindy aged students (born 01/07/2016 – 30/06/2017).
2. a) physiotherapy 39
b) occupational therapy 70
c) speech pathology 313
d) audiology 376
e) paediatrician 7
f) clinical psychology 18
3. Not applicable. The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) would not refer to the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Child Development Service (CDS) from a SEHA, as the child would be living in the metropolitan area and therefore would be referred to CAHS CDS services.
2. a) physiotherapy 39
b) occupational therapy 70
c) speech pathology 313
d) audiology 376
e) paediatrician 7
f) clinical psychology 18
3. Not applicable. The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) would not refer to the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) Child Development Service (CDS) from a SEHA, as the child would be living in the metropolitan area and therefore would be referred to CAHS CDS services.
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