Hon Helen Morton inquires about the progress of specialist residential services for complex mental health needs at Graylands Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Fiona Stanley Hospital, as outlined in a 2006 plan. The answer details progress on each site, including neuropsychiatric beds and assessment capabilities.

AnsweredQoN 5926Legislative Council
Asked
20 February 2008
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Health

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(1) What progress, if any, has been made to the development of a specialist residential service with the capacity to manage patients with complex mental health needs on the Graylands Hospital site, which plan was identified by the Minister for Health on 22 August 2006?
(2) The need for specialist mental health units to be established at the Sir Charles Gairdner and the Fiona Stanley Hospital sites has been identified. What progress has been made to the provision of a dedicated service for people with complex mental health needs, including those people with Acquired Brain Injury, at one or both of these sites, as outlined by the Minister for Health on 22 August 2006?

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Answered
12 March 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
21 days
(1) As part of the North Metropolitan Area Health Service (NMAHS) Mental Health Clinical Services Plan a Specialist Rehabilitation Service will be developed on the Graylands Hospital Campus. A range of options for this service are currently being considered in conjunction with the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
(2) The 30 bed mental health unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) will include Psychiatric Intensive Care facilities for patients presenting as acutely behaviourally disturbed. Patients who present to the SCGH ED with complex mental health needs such as Acquired Brain Injury will be stabilised and then referred to the Neuropsychiatry beds at Graylands Hospital.
Fiona Stanley Hospital will provide 30 adult mental health beds for people with complex mental health needs. This will include 4 neuropsychiatric assessment beds. This will enable those patients who have both neurological (including Acquired Brain Injury) and psychiatric conditions to receive joint assessment and management within a tertiary teaching hospital mental health setting.
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