❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding mental health presentations, admissions, and bed numbers across various hospitals in Western Australia for 2017-18. The response provides detailed data for each hospital, including ED attendances, admission rates, transfer rates, and bed counts.
AnsweredQoN 1654Legislative Council
Asked
18 September 2018
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the Annual Report of the Chief Psychiatrist of Western Australia, tabled in the Legislative Council on 11 September 2018, and I ask: (a) with regards to the 57,040 emergency department mental health presentations in 2017-18, what is the breakdown of presentations across each of the following hospitals: (i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital; (ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital; (iii) Joondalup Health Campus; (iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women; (v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital); (vi) Rockingham General Hospital; (vii) Royal Perth Hospital; (viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital; (x) Peel Health Campus; (xi) Albany Health Campus; (xii) South West Health Campus; (xiii) Broome Health Campus; (xiv) Geraldton Health Campus; and (xv) other hospitals; (b) with regards to the number of presentations to each hospital emergency department answered in (a), what was the total number and overall percentage of patients admitted for mental health related issues for each of the following hospitals: (i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital; (ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital; (iii) Joondalup Health Campus; (iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women; (v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital); (vi) Rockingham General Hospital; (vii) Royal Perth Hospital; (viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital; (x) Peel Health Campus; (xi) Albany Health Campus; (xii) South West Health Campus; (xiii) Broome Health Campus; (xiv) Geraldton Health Campus; and (xv) other hospitals; and (c) how many mental health beds did each of the following hospitals have at 1 July 2017 and 1 July 2018: (i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital; (ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital; (iii) Joondalup Health Campus; (iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women; (v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital); (vi) Rockingham General Hospital; (vii) Royal Perth Hospital; (viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; (ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital; (x) Peel Health Campus; (xi) Albany Health Campus; (xii) South West Health Campus; (xiii) Broome Health Campus; (xiv) Geraldton Health Campus; and (xv) other hospitals?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
30 October 2018
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised that:
(a) Table 1 represents the number of emergency department mental health attendances in 2017-18, for selected Western Australian hospitals. Note that the number of attendances at extraction date was 8 more than the figure in the Annual Report of the Chief Psychiatrist of Western Australia due to changes in the data that added to the number of records within scope.
Table 1
Hospital
Mental Health ED Attendances
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
3,865
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
6,716
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
6,183
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
46
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital) 1
1,577
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
3,756
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
7,437
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
6,469
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
3,481
(x) Peel Health Campus
1,713
(xi) Albany Health Campus
1,401
(xii) South West Health Campus 2
2,601
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
1,168
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus
1,388
(xv) other Hospitals
9,247
Total
57,048
1 Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) opened on 10 June 2018 with Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) closing on the same date
2 Bunbury Hospital has been counted instead of South West Health Campus
Data Source: Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
(b) Table 2 represents of those emergency department mental health attendances answered in (a), what was the total number and overall percentage of patients admitted for mental health related issues for each of the following hospitals. Also included are those mental health attendances that were transferred to another facility for admission.
Table 2
Hospital
Mental Health Admissions
% Mental Health Attendances that were Admitted
Mental Health Transfer 1
% Mental Health Attendances that were Transferred
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
940
24.3%
62
1.6%
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
2,915
43.4%
296
4.4%
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
2,789
45.1%
102
1.6%
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
8
17.4%
5
10.9%
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital) 2
259
16.4%
116
7.4%
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
713
19.0%
185
4.9%
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
2,358
31.7%
507
6.8%
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
1,961
30.3%
1,139
17.6%
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
1,263
36.3%
38
1.1%
(x) Peel Health Campus
123
7.2%
135
7.9%
(xi) Albany Health Campus
682
48.7%
24
1.7%
(xii) South West Health Campus 3
370
31.7%
39
3.3%
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
939
36.1%
28
1.1%
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus
530
38.2%
60
4.3%
(xv) other Hospitals
2,083
22.5%
841
9.1%
Total
17,933
31.4%
3,577
6.3%
1 Mental Health Transfers are included as the patient is being transferred to another facility for admission
2 Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) opened on 10 June 2018 with Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) closing on the same date
3 Bunbury Hospital has been counted instead of South West Health Campus
Data Source: Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
(c) Table 3 represents the number of available mental health beds at each of the Western Australian (WA) public hospitals, including publically funded mental health beds, as at 1 July 2017 and 1 July 2018.
Table 3
Hospital
As at 1 July 2017
As at 1 July 2018
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
41
41
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
30
30
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
47
41
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
8
8
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital)
0 (PMH)
20 (PCH)
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
26
30
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
18
20
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
59
60
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
56
56
(x) Peel Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xi) Albany Health Campus
16
16
(xii) South West Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
13
13
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xv) Other hospitals
Bentley Hospital - Bentley Adolescent Unit
19
N/A 2
Bentley Health Service (excluding Bentley Adolescent Unit)
88
94 3
Bunbury Hospital
27
27
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
64
64
Graylands Hospital
137
137
Kalgoorlie Hospital
6
6
Osborne Park Hospital
24
24
Selby Lodge
40
40
St John of God Mt Lawley – Ursula Frayne Unit
12
12
State Forensic Mental Health Service
37
37
TOTAL
768
776
1 The decrease in the number of available beds at the Joondalup Health Campus on 1 July 2018 was as a result of six inactive mental health beds due to infection control (2 beds) and maintenance (4 beds).
2 Peel Health Campus, South West Health Campus and Geraldton Health Campus do not have a specialised mental health inpatient service
3 Bentley Adolescent Unit (BAU) moved to the Perth Children’s Hospital mid-June 2018
4 Bentley Health Service figures as at 1 July 2018 include the East Metropolitan Youth Mental Health Inpatient Unit (which opened as the BAU moved to the Perth Children’s Hospital)
Data Source: BedState, WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
(a) Table 1 represents the number of emergency department mental health attendances in 2017-18, for selected Western Australian hospitals. Note that the number of attendances at extraction date was 8 more than the figure in the Annual Report of the Chief Psychiatrist of Western Australia due to changes in the data that added to the number of records within scope.
Table 1
Hospital
Mental Health ED Attendances
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
3,865
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
6,716
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
6,183
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
46
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital) 1
1,577
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
3,756
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
7,437
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
6,469
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
3,481
(x) Peel Health Campus
1,713
(xi) Albany Health Campus
1,401
(xii) South West Health Campus 2
2,601
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
1,168
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus
1,388
(xv) other Hospitals
9,247
Total
57,048
1 Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) opened on 10 June 2018 with Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) closing on the same date
2 Bunbury Hospital has been counted instead of South West Health Campus
Data Source: Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
(b) Table 2 represents of those emergency department mental health attendances answered in (a), what was the total number and overall percentage of patients admitted for mental health related issues for each of the following hospitals. Also included are those mental health attendances that were transferred to another facility for admission.
Table 2
Hospital
Mental Health Admissions
% Mental Health Attendances that were Admitted
Mental Health Transfer 1
% Mental Health Attendances that were Transferred
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
940
24.3%
62
1.6%
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
2,915
43.4%
296
4.4%
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
2,789
45.1%
102
1.6%
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
8
17.4%
5
10.9%
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital) 2
259
16.4%
116
7.4%
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
713
19.0%
185
4.9%
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
2,358
31.7%
507
6.8%
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
1,961
30.3%
1,139
17.6%
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
1,263
36.3%
38
1.1%
(x) Peel Health Campus
123
7.2%
135
7.9%
(xi) Albany Health Campus
682
48.7%
24
1.7%
(xii) South West Health Campus 3
370
31.7%
39
3.3%
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
939
36.1%
28
1.1%
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus
530
38.2%
60
4.3%
(xv) other Hospitals
2,083
22.5%
841
9.1%
Total
17,933
31.4%
3,577
6.3%
1 Mental Health Transfers are included as the patient is being transferred to another facility for admission
2 Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) opened on 10 June 2018 with Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (PMH) closing on the same date
3 Bunbury Hospital has been counted instead of South West Health Campus
Data Source: Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
(c) Table 3 represents the number of available mental health beds at each of the Western Australian (WA) public hospitals, including publically funded mental health beds, as at 1 July 2017 and 1 July 2018.
Table 3
Hospital
As at 1 July 2017
As at 1 July 2018
(i) Armadale/Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital
41
41
(ii) Fiona Stanley Hospital
30
30
(iii) Joondalup Health Campus
47
41
(iv) King Edward Memorial Hospital For Women
8
8
(v) Perth Children's Hospital (and/or Princess Margaret Hospital)
0 (PMH)
20 (PCH)
(vi) Rockingham General Hospital
26
30
(vii) Royal Perth Hospital
18
20
(viii) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Mental Health Service
59
60
(ix) St John of God Midland Public Hospital
56
56
(x) Peel Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xi) Albany Health Campus
16
16
(xii) South West Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xiii) Broome Health Campus
13
13
(xiv) Geraldton Health Campus 1
N/A
N/A
(xv) Other hospitals
Bentley Hospital - Bentley Adolescent Unit
19
N/A 2
Bentley Health Service (excluding Bentley Adolescent Unit)
88
94 3
Bunbury Hospital
27
27
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
64
64
Graylands Hospital
137
137
Kalgoorlie Hospital
6
6
Osborne Park Hospital
24
24
Selby Lodge
40
40
St John of God Mt Lawley – Ursula Frayne Unit
12
12
State Forensic Mental Health Service
37
37
TOTAL
768
776
1 The decrease in the number of available beds at the Joondalup Health Campus on 1 July 2018 was as a result of six inactive mental health beds due to infection control (2 beds) and maintenance (4 beds).
2 Peel Health Campus, South West Health Campus and Geraldton Health Campus do not have a specialised mental health inpatient service
3 Bentley Adolescent Unit (BAU) moved to the Perth Children’s Hospital mid-June 2018
4 Bentley Health Service figures as at 1 July 2018 include the East Metropolitan Youth Mental Health Inpatient Unit (which opened as the BAU moved to the Perth Children’s Hospital)
Data Source: BedState, WA Department of Health
Extraction Date: 25 September 2018
Notes:
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