❓ A parliamentary question regarding a patient transfer from Swan District Hospital to Bentley Hospital, focusing on the appropriateness of the transfer and ministerial responsibility. The Minister defends the clinical assessment.
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AT-RISK PATIENT - TRANSFER
Further to the answer to question without notice 490 yesterday, with regard to the man who jumped from a taxi whilst being transferred from Swan District Hospital to Bentley Hospital - (1) Was the man being transferred from one hospital to another? (2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY
Further to the answer to question without notice 490 yesterday, with regard to the man who jumped from a taxi whilst being transferred from Swan District Hospital to Bentley Hospital - (1) Was the man being transferred from one hospital to another? (2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(1) Was the man being transferred from one hospital to another? (2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(1) Was the man being transferred from one hospital to another? (2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(2) Was a voluntary mental health bed available at Swan District Hospital? (3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(3) If yes, why is a voluntary mental health bed at Swan District Hospital clinically less appropriate than a voluntary mental health bed at Bentley Hospital? (4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(4) Are the clinicians from the acute response team and the registrar who assessed the man employees of the Metropolitan Health Service? (5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(5) Is the minister the board of the Metropolitan Health Service? (6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(6) Is the minister the employer of the clinicians who assessed this man? (7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(7) If the clinical assessments and the clinical judgments regarding this patient’s transfer turn out to be inappropriate, will the minister accept responsibility for the consequences of his employees’ actions? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(1) Yes. (2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(2) No. (3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(3) Not applicable. (4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(4)-(6) Yes. Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon Simon O’Brien : You should have been a minister. Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
Hon SUE ELLERY : I am trying. (7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
(7) The North Metropolitan Area Health Service does not believe the assessment and management of this case was inappropriate.
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