❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Health Minister about long-stay mental health inpatients, seeking data on their numbers and length of stay. The Minister acknowledges the lack of a standard definition but provides data on current inpatients' duration of stay.
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I refer to patients currently identified as long-stay admitted mental health inpatients and ask: (a) What constitutes a long-stay admitted inpatient and how many of those patients are currently identified in the health system; and (b) Of the present cohort of long-stay inpatients, how many have been admitted for periods of time of: (i) up to six months; (ii) between six and 12 months; (iii) between one and two years; and (iv) longer than two years?
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Answered
7 September 2021
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised:
(a) Due to the complex nature of classifying mental health conditions and treatments, there is no standard definition used to identify long stay mental health inpatients.
(b) The following information is defined as all patients currently admitted in a specialised mental health ward as at 30 July 2021.
(i) 1 to 30 days is 473
31 to 60 days is 88
61 to 90 days is 34
91 to 120 days is 23
121 to 150 days is 19
151 to 180 days is 13
(ii) between 6 – 12 months is 28 patients.
(iii) between 1 – 2 years is 22 patients.
(iv) longer than 2 years is 52 patients.
(a) Due to the complex nature of classifying mental health conditions and treatments, there is no standard definition used to identify long stay mental health inpatients.
(b) The following information is defined as all patients currently admitted in a specialised mental health ward as at 30 July 2021.
(i) 1 to 30 days is 473
31 to 60 days is 88
61 to 90 days is 34
91 to 120 days is 23
121 to 150 days is 19
151 to 180 days is 13
(ii) between 6 – 12 months is 28 patients.
(iii) between 1 – 2 years is 22 patients.
(iv) longer than 2 years is 52 patients.
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