❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information about the structure, role, staffing, projects, and reporting lines of the South Metropolitan Health Service's Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit (MHSLU). The answer clarifies the unit's functions and activities.
AnsweredQoN 940Legislative Council
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(1) What structural changes were made to the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit by the State Government in 2013? (2) What was the role of the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit prior to the changes? (3) How many staff, and what positions were allocated to the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit prior to the structural changes? (4) What is the current role of the South Metropolitan Health Services, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit? (5) How many staff and what positions are currently allocated to the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit? (6) What projects are currently been undertaken by the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit? (7) To whom does the South Metropolitan Health Service, Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit report to?
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Answered
10 April 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
(1) None. The South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) Mental Health Strategy and Leadership Unit (MHSLU) was created in July 2012 and there has been no structural change since that time.
(2-3) Not applicable.
(4) The MHSLU has a strategic and leadership role in Mental Health in SMHS. The unit provides a single point of contact for Mental Health Services in SMHS for external agencies, drives whole of system clinical redesign, research and interagency collaboration. The unit provides coordinating functions across health services in SMHS and the wider system to improve the patient journey. It has a lead role in engaging consumers and carers in service development.
The Executive Director is the data custodian for PSOLIS (the Psychiatric on Line Information System).
(5) There are currently 17 positions with a total FTE of 16.2, including:
· Executive Director
· Area Manager
· Executive Director, Nursing
· Executive Assistant
· Clerical Assistant
· Clinical Redesign Manager
· Area Coordinator - Multicultural Services
· Area Coordinator - MH Information Services
· Area Coordinator - Older Adult Mental Health Services
· Senior Planning and Project Officer
· Transition Care Coordinator
· Clinical Nurse Specialist - Psychosocial Interventions Coordinator
· Aboriginal Mental Health Liaison Officer
· 3 x Assertive Patient Flow Coordinators
· Research Officer (currently vacant)
(6) Current projects include:
· Care Coordination
· Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint*
· Management of Physical Health Care of Mental Health Patients*
· Statewide Standardised Clinical Documentation*
· Management of patients with Cocurrent substance misuse*
· Policy development on behalf of the State*
· "Productive Ward" and "Productive Community" - releasing time to care
· Interagency projects including Individual Placement and Support, Individualised Community Living Support, People with Exceptional and Complex Needs and Partners in Recovery
· Mental Health promotion and prevention including "Music To Open Your Mind"
· Mental Health Seminars for dissemination of good practice and consumer and carer experience
· Personality Disorders Interest Group and Newsletter
· Psychosocial Interventions and Recovery training
· Management of Transition Care for Older Adult Mental Health patients
· Development of Older Adult core competency training with the
· Training Centre in Subacute Care Western Australia
· Assertive Patient Flow for SMHS (Statewide policy and monitoring function)
· Multicultural Mental Health competency building and clinical service provision
· PSOLIS and National Outcome Casemix Collection training and monitoring
· Clinical Service Redesign through comparative data and research
· Activity Based Management in Mental Health education
· Coordinating the SMHS response to the Stokes report into MHS and potential impact of the MH Bill.
*State wide remit.
(7) The SMHS MHSLU reports to the Chief Executive, SMHS.
(2-3) Not applicable.
(4) The MHSLU has a strategic and leadership role in Mental Health in SMHS. The unit provides a single point of contact for Mental Health Services in SMHS for external agencies, drives whole of system clinical redesign, research and interagency collaboration. The unit provides coordinating functions across health services in SMHS and the wider system to improve the patient journey. It has a lead role in engaging consumers and carers in service development.
The Executive Director is the data custodian for PSOLIS (the Psychiatric on Line Information System).
(5) There are currently 17 positions with a total FTE of 16.2, including:
· Executive Director
· Area Manager
· Executive Director, Nursing
· Executive Assistant
· Clerical Assistant
· Clinical Redesign Manager
· Area Coordinator - Multicultural Services
· Area Coordinator - MH Information Services
· Area Coordinator - Older Adult Mental Health Services
· Senior Planning and Project Officer
· Transition Care Coordinator
· Clinical Nurse Specialist - Psychosocial Interventions Coordinator
· Aboriginal Mental Health Liaison Officer
· 3 x Assertive Patient Flow Coordinators
· Research Officer (currently vacant)
(6) Current projects include:
· Care Coordination
· Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint*
· Management of Physical Health Care of Mental Health Patients*
· Statewide Standardised Clinical Documentation*
· Management of patients with Cocurrent substance misuse*
· Policy development on behalf of the State*
· "Productive Ward" and "Productive Community" - releasing time to care
· Interagency projects including Individual Placement and Support, Individualised Community Living Support, People with Exceptional and Complex Needs and Partners in Recovery
· Mental Health promotion and prevention including "Music To Open Your Mind"
· Mental Health Seminars for dissemination of good practice and consumer and carer experience
· Personality Disorders Interest Group and Newsletter
· Psychosocial Interventions and Recovery training
· Management of Transition Care for Older Adult Mental Health patients
· Development of Older Adult core competency training with the
· Training Centre in Subacute Care Western Australia
· Assertive Patient Flow for SMHS (Statewide policy and monitoring function)
· Multicultural Mental Health competency building and clinical service provision
· PSOLIS and National Outcome Casemix Collection training and monitoring
· Clinical Service Redesign through comparative data and research
· Activity Based Management in Mental Health education
· Coordinating the SMHS response to the Stokes report into MHS and potential impact of the MH Bill.
*State wide remit.
(7) The SMHS MHSLU reports to the Chief Executive, SMHS.
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