QoN 6316

AnsweredQoN 6316Legislative Council
Asked
14 May 2008
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Answered
29 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
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15 days
In the 2006-2007 financial year there were 1644 inter-hospital transfers of public mental health patients in the metropolitan area.
Notes:
1. Source: Hospital Morbidity Data System (HMDS) and Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) as at 1 May 2008.
2. Data for the 2006-2007 financial year were used as calendar year 2007 HMDS data are not yet complete.
3. Includes the following:
a. Inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients from a designated Mental Health Unit requiring treatment for a non-mental heath condition (for example a surgical procedure).
b. Only transfers of public patients.
4. Mental health patients include persons with a primary mental health diagnosis or self-inflicted injury transferred from one metropolitan hospital to another with their record flagged as a transfer in the data collection systems. This includes patients transferred between the Emergency Department and other public metropolitan hospitals.
5. In relation to answer 321, it should be noted that not all these transfers will require a police escort and it is not possible to determine this information from the systems held in Department of Health.
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