❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the development of a standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis, including costs and completion timeline. The Minister provides details on the involved parties and progress.
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ADHD - STANDARD MODEL OF ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
A key recommendation of the Education and Health Standing Committee’s investigation into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was for the development of a standard model of assessment and diagnosis. (1) Will the minister name the people developing the model? (2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY
A key recommendation of the Education and Health Standing Committee’s investigation into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was for the development of a standard model of assessment and diagnosis. (1) Will the minister name the people developing the model? (2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY
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(1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(1) Will the minister name the people developing the model? (2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(1) Will the minister name the people developing the model? (2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(2) What is the predicted cost of developing such a model? (3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(3) Has this work been completed; and if not, when is it expected to be completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: (1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(1) The standard model for ADHD assessment and diagnosis in Western Australia is being developed in Western Australia. This model includes the development of a Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD diagnosis and treatment, and two specialist multidisciplinary clinics for ADHD. The ministerial implementation committee on mental health and development disability is, with the Western Australian Office of Mental Health, developing both the Western Australian guideline and the business case for the specialist clinics. The area director of the South Metropolitan Mental Health Service chairs the ministerial implementation committee for ADHD. The committee includes members representing the Bentley Family Clinic ADHD team, the Western Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the State Child Development Centre, the office of the Chief Pharmacist, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia, the professor of paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, senior managers at the Department of Education and Training, the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of Western Australia, the Drug Free Attention Deficit Support Group and the Office of Mental Health. (2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(2) The cost of implementing the service model is being determined. (3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
(3) Substantial clinical research, demand modelling and clinical planning for ADHD in Western Australia have been completed. The Western Australian clinical guideline for ADHD will be completed in 2006.
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