❓ Hon Helen Morton questions the Minister for Health regarding discrepancies in mental health patient discharge and readmission rates across different WA public hospitals. The Minister requests more time to gather data, deferring a direct response.
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PUBLIC HOSPITALS - PATIENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS RETURNING WITHIN 72 HOURS OF DISCHARGE
Further to the minister’s answer to question on notice 4187, will the minister please explain the reasons for - (a) a 50 per cent reduction in discharges of people with mental health diagnoses from the Swan Health Service over the past two years; (b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY
Further to the minister’s answer to question on notice 4187, will the minister please explain the reasons for - (a) a 50 per cent reduction in discharges of people with mental health diagnoses from the Swan Health Service over the past two years; (b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(a) a 50 per cent reduction in discharges of people with mental health diagnoses from the Swan Health Service over the past two years; (b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(a) a 50 per cent reduction in discharges of people with mental health diagnoses from the Swan Health Service over the past two years; (b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(b) Armadale Health Service’s ability to discharge more than double the number of people with mental health diagnoses in 2005-06 compared with the Swan Health Service, when the mental health facilities are almost identically sized; and (c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
(c) a 100 per cent increase over the past two years in the number of patients with mental illnesses who have returned to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital within three days of discharge? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Health has been advised that the Department of Health requires more time to gather the necessary data to respond to the question. I therefore request that the question be placed on notice.
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