❓ WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers for extreme or high-risk mental health patients in the metropolitan area, with the Department of Health handling moderate to low-risk cases. This change is due to prioritising police resources, with no changes in non-metropolitan areas.
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MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS — INTER-HOSPITAL TRANSFERS
(1) How many metropolitan inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients did police assist with in 2007? (2) How many of these were classed as high-risk mental health patients? (3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD
(1) How many metropolitan inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients did police assist with in 2007? (2) How many of these were classed as high-risk mental health patients? (3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(2) How many of these were classed as high-risk mental health patients? (3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(2) How many of these were classed as high-risk mental health patients? (3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(3) For how long will Western Australia Police continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area? (4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(4) Are there any changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan area? (5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(5) Are the changes to police assistance with inter-hospital transfers of mental health patients due to, at least in part, manpower constraints? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
I thank Hon Helen Morton for some notice of the question. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services has supplied the following answer — (1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(1) WA Police has conducted an average of 87 mental health escorts a month in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months. Although not all escorts were inter-hospital transfers, the majority would have been. (2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(2) All mental health escorts were conducted for patients assessed by medical practitioners as being at risk. WA Police and the Department of Health have recently introduced mental health risk assessment forms to ensure that in future only extreme-risk or high-risk patients are transported by WA Police. (3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(3) WA Police will continue to provide inter-hospital transfers of people with a mental illness in the metropolitan area who are deemed as extreme or high risk. The Department of Health will use a combination of cars with barriers, ambulances, health service transport and mental health staff for moderate to low-risk patients. (4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(4) There are no changes to police-assisted mental health transfers in the non-metropolitan areas. (5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
(5) The changes in police assistance with inter-hospital transfers and mental health patients are due to the issue of prioritising police resources.
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