❓ Hon. Alison Xamon inquires about the restructure of mental health emergency response teams in WA, specifically the creation and operation of Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATTs), and seeks data on response times and unmet requests. The response provides details on CATT locations, staffing, operating hours, referral numbers, response types, and response times.
AnsweredQoN 6274Legislative Council
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I refer to mental health community emergency response and to the restructure of emergency response teams, and ask —
(1) Please provide detail on the recent changes resulting in the creation of the Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATTs), including —
(a) how many CATT teams are there;
(b) where are the teams located;
(c) how many staff members does each team have;
(d) please provide the job titles for staff on each team; and
(e) what are the current operating hours for each team?
(2) How many request for assistance from a mental health community emergency response team were received in 2011-12?
(3) How many of the requests in (3) resulted in a team being sent out?
(4) What was the average waiting time for response from emergency community response in 2011-12?
(5) How many requests were not responded to in 2011-12?
(6) For what reason were the requests in (5) not responded to?
(1) Please provide detail on the recent changes resulting in the creation of the Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATTs), including —
(a) how many CATT teams are there;
(b) where are the teams located;
(c) how many staff members does each team have;
(d) please provide the job titles for staff on each team; and
(e) what are the current operating hours for each team?
(2) How many request for assistance from a mental health community emergency response team were received in 2011-12?
(3) How many of the requests in (3) resulted in a team being sent out?
(4) What was the average waiting time for response from emergency community response in 2011-12?
(5) How many requests were not responded to in 2011-12?
(6) For what reason were the requests in (5) not responded to?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
13 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
27 days
(1a) There are four Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATTs) within the South Metropolitan Health Service.
(b) The CATT teams are located at Bentley Health Service (BHS), Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (FHHS), Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service (PaRK) and Armadale Health Service (AHMS). The Armadale CATT is currently operating from the Bentley site.
(c) Each CATT team is allocated 3.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff.
(d) 1 FTE Senior Registered Nurse
1 FTE Senior Allied Health clinician
1.5 FTE Clinical Nurse
(e) For all teams operating hours are 1430 hours to 2300 hours. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) night shift was replaced by an on call night shift service for CATT that operates from 2300 - 0830 hrs.
(2) 1911 referrals were received during this period.
(3) Of those referrals, 314 'face- to-face' contacts were conducted during this period.
(4) 2011-12, 48% of responses were in the rapid (within 3 hours) and 45% were in the prompt (within 8 hours) response times.
(5) All requests are responded to either by 'face- to-face' contact or telephone contact.
(6) Not applicable.
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(b) The CATT teams are located at Bentley Health Service (BHS), Fremantle Hospital and Health Service (FHHS), Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health Service (PaRK) and Armadale Health Service (AHMS). The Armadale CATT is currently operating from the Bentley site.
(c) Each CATT team is allocated 3.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff.
(d) 1 FTE Senior Registered Nurse
1 FTE Senior Allied Health clinician
1.5 FTE Clinical Nurse
(e) For all teams operating hours are 1430 hours to 2300 hours. The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) night shift was replaced by an on call night shift service for CATT that operates from 2300 - 0830 hrs.
(2) 1911 referrals were received during this period.
(3) Of those referrals, 314 'face- to-face' contacts were conducted during this period.
(4) 2011-12, 48% of responses were in the rapid (within 3 hours) and 45% were in the prompt (within 8 hours) response times.
(5) All requests are responded to either by 'face- to-face' contact or telephone contact.
(6) Not applicable.
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