Hon Stephen Dawson asks the Minister for Health about the number of mental health patients staying in the South Hedland hospital's emergency department during September and October 2016. The Minister provides a table detailing the length of stay for these patients.

AnsweredQoN 1246Legislative Council
Asked
9 November 2016
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

HEDLAND HEALTH CAMPUS — EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT
1246. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to South Hedland hospital's
emergency department.
(1) Have any
mental health patients stayed in the ED in September and/or October 2016?
(2) If yes to (1), how many patients
in each month and for what periods of time?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) Yes.
(2) As the answer is in tabular
form, I seek leave to have the information incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The
following material was incorporated —
� Legislative Council question without notice
C1326
� Number of Mental Health Attendances at Hedland
Health Campus for September and October 2016
� by Length of Episode
Length of Episode
(Time Block)
September 2016
October 2016
0 to 4 hours
36
58
>4 to 8 hours
14
12
>8 to 12 hours
6
8
>12 to 16 hours
<5
5
>16 to 20 hours
<5
<5
>20 to 24 hours
<5
<5
>24 to 28 hours
0
0
>28 to 32 hours
<5
0
>32 to 36 hours
0
0
>36 to 40 hours
<5
0
>40 to 44 hours
0
<5
>44 to 48 hours
0
<5
TOTAL
65
89
Notes:
All hospital data is subject to routine reviews and audits.
Confidentiality:
In order to protect patient confidentiality and reduce the potential for the
identification of individuals, cells with a value of less than 5 have been
suppressed and excluded from the totals.

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