❓ Question regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Stokes Review on mental health, including monitoring progress, transport service evaluation, standardised clinical documents, discharge plans, and the final IPG report. The answer provides updates on governance, document implementation delays, discharge plan practices, and the final report's status.
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I refer to the Stokes Review Implementation Partnership Group (IPG), Chairman’s Quarterly Report October 2015 , and I ask: (a) with the impending cessation of the IPG, the report highlights the importance of monitoring the 53 recommendations of the Stokes Review that have not yet been completed, how will the progress of these recommendation be monitored and will the Minister give a commitment to update and release the progress status dashboard each quarter; (b) will the Minister table a copy of the evaluation into the first year of operation of the pilot transport service received by the Mental Health Commission in July 2015; (c) in regard to the three new State-wide Standardised Clinical Documents (SSCD’s), can the Minister advise: (i) whether all three SSDC’s have now been implemented; (ii) if no to (a), which have not been implemented and what is the cause of the delay in implementation; (iii) if no to (a), when can each SSDC expect to be implemented; and (iv) from the 1 January 2016, have all patients discharged been provided with a discharge plan and, if not, what is the estimated percentage who have not received a discharge plan; and (d) has the final IPG meeting taken place and, if yes, when will the final report by the Chairman be publically released?
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Answered
10 May 2016
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
76 days
(a) The Mental Health Commission and the Office of Mental Health have developed a future governance process for the ongoing monitoring of the Stokes Review recommendations, including those linked to long term outcomes in the Western Australian Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015-2025: Better Choices. Better Lives. This is currently being considered by the Minister for Mental Health.
(b) See Attachment 1. Note, some redactions have been made (and are clearly marked) in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals. The redactions are:
See tabled paper no.
(c) (i) No.
(ii) The three (3) documents referred to in the Chairman’s Quarterly Report October 2015 are Triage, Adult Risk Assessment and Management Plan, and Child and Adolescent Risk Assessment and Management Plan. The Department of Health has only implemented the Triage document onto PSOLIS. As stated in the Chairman’s Quarterly Report October 2015 , “implementation of the Mental Health Act 2014 has impacted on the implementation of SSCDs onto PSOLIS”, more specifically, implementing the Mental Health Act 2014 Forms onto PSOLIS.
(iii) The PSOLIS release date for the new SSCD documents has not yet been determined. The Department of Health’s PSOLIS Governance Committee will oversee and establish the PSOLIS priorities and the PSOLIS Release Schedule based on legislative, contractual and operational requirements. Department of Health staff are using the current modules on PSOLIS and a paper based system for other SSCD documents until modules/documents are updated/implemented onto PSOLIS.
(iv) The Mental Health Act 2014 requires health service providers to prepare a treatment, support and discharge plan for every involuntary patient (community or inpatient). This legislative requirement does not extend to voluntary patients throughout their phases of care, but it is considered best practice provide a treatment, support and discharge where appropriate.
Health service providers (North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, the Child and Adolescent Health Service, and the WA Country Health Service) advise that the majority of patients receive treatment, support and discharge plans where practicable.
Voluntary patients may not receive a full treatment, support and discharge plan where:
(d) The final meeting of the IPG took place on 7 April 2016. The final report by the Chairman is being prepared and will be sent to the Minister for Mental Health for consideration and public release.
(b) See Attachment 1. Note, some redactions have been made (and are clearly marked) in order to protect the confidentiality of individuals. The redactions are:
See tabled paper no.
(c) (i) No.
(ii) The three (3) documents referred to in the Chairman’s Quarterly Report October 2015 are Triage, Adult Risk Assessment and Management Plan, and Child and Adolescent Risk Assessment and Management Plan. The Department of Health has only implemented the Triage document onto PSOLIS. As stated in the Chairman’s Quarterly Report October 2015 , “implementation of the Mental Health Act 2014 has impacted on the implementation of SSCDs onto PSOLIS”, more specifically, implementing the Mental Health Act 2014 Forms onto PSOLIS.
(iii) The PSOLIS release date for the new SSCD documents has not yet been determined. The Department of Health’s PSOLIS Governance Committee will oversee and establish the PSOLIS priorities and the PSOLIS Release Schedule based on legislative, contractual and operational requirements. Department of Health staff are using the current modules on PSOLIS and a paper based system for other SSCD documents until modules/documents are updated/implemented onto PSOLIS.
(iv) The Mental Health Act 2014 requires health service providers to prepare a treatment, support and discharge plan for every involuntary patient (community or inpatient). This legislative requirement does not extend to voluntary patients throughout their phases of care, but it is considered best practice provide a treatment, support and discharge where appropriate.
Health service providers (North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, the Child and Adolescent Health Service, and the WA Country Health Service) advise that the majority of patients receive treatment, support and discharge plans where practicable.
Voluntary patients may not receive a full treatment, support and discharge plan where:
(d) The final meeting of the IPG took place on 7 April 2016. The final report by the Chairman is being prepared and will be sent to the Minister for Mental Health for consideration and public release.
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