❓ A parliamentary question on notice addresses concerns about the reporting and comparison of response times for mental health emergency services (CERTs) in the South and North Metropolitan Area Health Services, questioning the consistency and accessibility of data.
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MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY SERVICES - RESPONSE TIMES
Further to the minister’s press release on 5 April regarding mental health emergency services in which he mentions that the new services have shortened response times, I ask - (1) Can he confirm that the reports of the community emergency response teams - CERTs - in the South Metropolitan Area Health Service currently do not report response times? (2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY
Further to the minister’s press release on 5 April regarding mental health emergency services in which he mentions that the new services have shortened response times, I ask - (1) Can he confirm that the reports of the community emergency response teams - CERTs - in the South Metropolitan Area Health Service currently do not report response times? (2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(1) Can he confirm that the reports of the community emergency response teams - CERTs - in the South Metropolitan Area Health Service currently do not report response times? (2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
(1) Can he confirm that the reports of the community emergency response teams - CERTs - in the South Metropolitan Area Health Service currently do not report response times? (2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(2) Can he confirm that the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs do not have a central reporting capability? (3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(3) Can he confirm that it is not possible to conduct peer review and compare response times across the metropolitan area for the new emergency services? (4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(4) Can he confirm that there is no field in the developed electronic data collection for CERTs to record, and thus report, response times? (5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(5) Can the minister indicate how this oversight will be rectified and when? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(1) Response times for the South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs are included in reports that are available to district and area managers. (2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(2) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service mental health CERT coordinator monitors and evaluates the north metro CERTs. This includes response times. In addition, the North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT operational group meets monthly to support the ongoing implementation of the CERTs. The monitoring of response times is included in the terms of reference of this group. Reports containing response times are regularly provided to the North Metropolitan Area Health Service clinical director of the adult program. (3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(3) The mental health network convened an advisory group for mental health emergency services in November 2006. The objectives of this group include: “to promote shared and consistent approaches in Western Australia to quality improvement and evaluation of mental health emergency services”. The response times for both the North Metropolitan and the South Metropolitan Area Health Services are reported to this meeting. All three North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs have a daily peer review and clinical supervision process in place under the direct responsibility of a consultant psychiatrist. (4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(4) As part of the implementation of the new integrated mental health emergency services, changes were made to the psychiatric services on-line information system to facilitate the recording of response times. The electronic data collection system does not have the capacity for clinicians to record response times. The North Metropolitan Area Health Service CERT coordinator compiles this data. The South Metropolitan Area Health Service CERTs use their own database as well as the psychiatric services on-line information system. (5) Not applicable.
(5) Not applicable.
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Pollie Rankings
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Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.