❓ Hon Helen Morton asks about patient deaths, specifically suicides, at Graylands Hospital and other mental health units in WA since 2000. The response provides a breakdown of deaths and suicides by year, including those in secure units.
AnsweredQoN 5925Legislative Council
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(2) Of these, by year, how many have been officially determined to be deaths as the result of suicide?
(3) Of the deaths identified in (2), by year, how many were patients in a secure unit?
(4) Since 2000, by year, how many patients at other hospitals with mental health units have died, with the death officially determined to have been as the result of suicide?
(3) Of the deaths identified in (2), by year, how many were patients in a secure unit?
(4) Since 2000, by year, how many patients at other hospitals with mental health units have died, with the death officially determined to have been as the result of suicide?
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Answered
12 March 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
21 days
(1) 26 patients died at Graylands Hospital from 2000 to 2008-year-to-date. For each year the number of deaths is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
6
3
2
0
3
3
3
6
0
(2) Of these 26 deaths, 6 have been officially determined to be deaths as the result of suicide. For each year the number of suicides is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
2006*
2007*
2008 YTD*
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
* Final causes of death information produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics are not yet available for these years. Figures for 2005 and 2006 should be considered as preliminary and may not be complete (due to coronial inquests still being in progress) whilst those for 2007 and 2008 are incomplete.
(3) Of the 6 deaths identified in Question 2, 2 were in secure units. For each year the number of deaths is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
(4) Since 2000, 13 patients at other public hospitals with a mental health unit (including public patients at Joondalup Health Campus) have died as the result of suicide on the hospital grounds. For each year the number of deaths is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
1
3
1
4
1
0
1
2
0
Source: Mental Health Information System as at 25 February 2008.
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
6
3
2
0
3
3
3
6
0
(2) Of these 26 deaths, 6 have been officially determined to be deaths as the result of suicide. For each year the number of suicides is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005*
2006*
2007*
2008 YTD*
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
* Final causes of death information produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics are not yet available for these years. Figures for 2005 and 2006 should be considered as preliminary and may not be complete (due to coronial inquests still being in progress) whilst those for 2007 and 2008 are incomplete.
(3) Of the 6 deaths identified in Question 2, 2 were in secure units. For each year the number of deaths is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
(4) Since 2000, 13 patients at other public hospitals with a mental health unit (including public patients at Joondalup Health Campus) have died as the result of suicide on the hospital grounds. For each year the number of deaths is as follows:
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 YTD
1
3
1
4
1
0
1
2
0
Source: Mental Health Information System as at 25 February 2008.
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