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❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information regarding Clozapine reviews at Bunbury Health Clinic, clinic closures, and suicide rates in the South West region. The Minister clarifies the clinic's relocation, lack of waiting list, and provides suicide statistics for the previous five years, noting data limitations for the most recent year.

AnsweredQoN 464Legislative Assembly

Asked

11 October 2005

Member

Mr G.M. Castrilli

Portfolio

Health

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(1) Can the Minister please advise how many people are on the waiting lists for the three monthly Clozapine reviews at the Bunbury Health Clinic?
(2) Can the Minister please advise how many patients are not reviewed within the three month allocation time?
(3) Can the Minister please advise how many suicides have occurred in the South West region during the twelve month period when the Bunbury Clinic was closed?
(4) Can the Minister please advise the suicide figures for the previous five years?

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Answered

9 November 2005

Responded by

Minister for Health

Response time

29 days

1. There is no waiting list for reviews at the clozapine clinic. 2. Only those who do not attend their appointment might not be reviewed within 3 months. They are followed up and offered another appointment. 3. The Bunbury Clinic was not closed. The clinic was relocated from offices in Molloy Street Bunbury to the South West Health Campus in April 2004. Data on suicides for the last 12 months are not available until released from the Coroner's Office. 4. Figures provided by the Coroner's Office advise that 70 suicides occurred in the South -West between 1999 and 2003.

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