Ms. Mettam requests the Minister for Mental Health to table or release the results of the 2021 Mental Health Inpatient snapshot. The Minister tabled the results and indicated they were publicly available on the Mental Health Commission's website.

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Asked
3 August 2021
Portfolio
Mental Health

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I refer to the 2021 Mental Health Commission Mental Health Inpatient snapshot conducted in April and ask: (a) Will the Minister table the results of the snapshot; and (b) If not, when will the results be released and will they be made public?

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Answered
7 September 2021
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Mental Health
Response time
9 days
(a)   Results of the 2021 Mental Health Commission Mental Health Inpatient Snapshot Survey (MHISS) are tabled ( Attachment 1 ).
(b)   The results were released publicly on 17 August 2021 and are available from the Mental Health Commission’s website, under Reports and Resources; Mental Health Inpatient Snapshot Survey ( www.mhc.wa.gov.au/reports-and-resources/reports/mental-health-inpatient-snapshot-survey/) .
The 2021 MHISS results provide important evidence for decision-making in relation to the planning of initiatives to assist in reducing pressures on emergency department and inpatient beds. Information is tabled on the initiatives currently underway, that support relieving the immediate pressures, as well as other medium to long term priority projects that will lead to system reform ( Attachment 2 ).

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