❓ Mr. L'Estrange questions the Minister for Mental Health about long wait times in emergency departments for people experiencing mental illness, citing the 'Charter of Mental Health Care Principles'. The Minister's response is defensive and accusatory, leading to interjections and a heated exchange.
AnsweredQoN 731Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
MENTAL HEALTH —
PATIENTS — HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
731. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Mental
Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Thank you, minister. We have to agree to disagree on what the budget line items
show us from one budget to the next—the $200 million.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE :
With regard to the annual report, I refer the minister to principle 4 of the ''Charter
of Mental Health Care Principles''. It states that a mental health
service must be easily accessible and safe, and provide people experiencing
mental illness with timely treatment and care. Why has the minister not done
more to reduce the number of people who are experiencing mental illness and
waiting days on end in emergency departments?
PATIENTS — HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
731. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Mental
Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Thank you, minister. We have to agree to disagree on what the budget line items
show us from one budget to the next—the $200 million.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members!
Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE :
With regard to the annual report, I refer the minister to principle 4 of the ''Charter
of Mental Health Care Principles''. It states that a mental health
service must be easily accessible and safe, and provide people experiencing
mental illness with timely treatment and care. Why has the minister not done
more to reduce the number of people who are experiencing mental illness and
waiting days on end in emergency departments?
AnswerView source ↗
Sorry; has the member finished? In
that rather long diatribe of a supplementary question, I lost the actual tenor
of what the member was saying.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Mental
health diatribe—you should be ashamed!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough!
Mr R.H. COOK : Member for
Scarborough, I am proud of what we are doing in mental health because,
ultimately, we are doing what you failed to do! You were such a hopeless mob
that you were incapable of delivering mental health services in this state! We
are fixing it because you stuffed it up!
The SPEAKER : Has everyone
calmed down? Thank you.
that rather long diatribe of a supplementary question, I lost the actual tenor
of what the member was saying.
Mrs L.M. Harvey : Mental
health diatribe—you should be ashamed!
The SPEAKER : Member for
Scarborough!
Mr R.H. COOK : Member for
Scarborough, I am proud of what we are doing in mental health because,
ultimately, we are doing what you failed to do! You were such a hopeless mob
that you were incapable of delivering mental health services in this state! We
are fixing it because you stuffed it up!
The SPEAKER : Has everyone
calmed down? Thank you.
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