❓ Ms Mettam asks for detailed data on mental health patients' waiting times for admission at WA public hospital emergency departments. The answer acknowledges the complexity of mental health classifications and refers to a tabled paper.
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I refer to patients presenting with mental health emergencies, and I ask: (a) For each month of 2024 and for January, February and March of 2025, how many patients presenting with mental illness at public hospital emergency departments in WA were admitted to hospital: (i) more than 12 hours but less than 24 hours after first presenting to emergency, with a breakdown by hospital; (ii) more than 24 hours but less than 36 hours after first presenting at emergency, with a breakdown by hospital; and (iii) more than 36 hours after first presenting at emergency, with a breakdown by hospital?
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Answered
19 June 2025
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
10 days
(a) (iii)
During this period, there was a total of 84,357 attendances classified as Mental Health . Mental Health conditions are often highly complex and do not precisely fit within patient classification systems used in other areas of health service provision. As such, this information includes a wide range of patient conditions and acuity and is not comparable with the provision of other health services.
Please see tabled paper number #
During this period, there was a total of 84,357 attendances classified as Mental Health . Mental Health conditions are often highly complex and do not precisely fit within patient classification systems used in other areas of health service provision. As such, this information includes a wide range of patient conditions and acuity and is not comparable with the provision of other health services.
Please see tabled paper number #
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