❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the development of a dedicated in-patient service for young people with eating disorders, following a Health Department report. The Minister confirms support but funding is not yet approved.
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I refer to the Western Australian Health Department’s Report into Youth Eating Disorders, which recommends the development of a dedicated in-patient service young people with eating disorders and ask: (a) do you support the recommendations of the Report, which works towards developing a dedicated in-patient service over four stages; (b) will the inpatient service be located at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH); (c) how many beds will the service at SCGH have, and will it be a dedicated unit; (d) what is the timeframe for implementing each stage; (e) has the budget been approved for each stage, as outlined in the Report; (f) while I note that the new Perth Children’s Hospital have eight out of 20 mental health beds, primarily for treating disorders–but not exclusively for treating eating disorders–in light of the report recommendations will you dedicate those beds for the treatment of eating disorders; (g) what is the current average waiting time for patients to access outpatient services for eating disorders at the Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI); (h) how many people are currently on the waiting list for accessing eating disorder services at the CCI; and (i) have any patients died while waiting to access CCI services since 2008, if so, how many?
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Answered
6 May 2014
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
54 days
Answer as at 13 March 2014:
(a) Yes.
(b) The proposal to develop a state-wide comprehensive eating disorder service based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is being finalised. The Eating Disorders Service business case/proposal is in its final stages of development.
(c) It is proposed that the dedicated service at SCGH will operate as a tertiary inpatient unit with six beds.
(d) The timeframe is dependent on approval of the business case. Should it be approved, current estimates are that there would be an implementation period of at least nine months to enable facility modifications, and staff recruitment and training to provide the service.
(e-f) No.
(g) 6 months.
(h) 67.
(i) The Centre for Clinical Interventions has not been informed of any deaths.
(a) Yes.
(b) The proposal to develop a state-wide comprehensive eating disorder service based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is being finalised. The Eating Disorders Service business case/proposal is in its final stages of development.
(c) It is proposed that the dedicated service at SCGH will operate as a tertiary inpatient unit with six beds.
(d) The timeframe is dependent on approval of the business case. Should it be approved, current estimates are that there would be an implementation period of at least nine months to enable facility modifications, and staff recruitment and training to provide the service.
(e-f) No.
(g) 6 months.
(h) 67.
(i) The Centre for Clinical Interventions has not been informed of any deaths.
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