❓ Provides data on patients with 'homelessness' indicators discharged from WA mental health facilities and lists support services offered. Data collection limitations are noted.
AnsweredQoN 5513Legislative Assembly
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For each of the years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, can you please advise how many people have been discharged from mental health facilities into homelessness and: (a) What was the breakdown per WA mental health facility; and (b) What support services were offered to each client?
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Answered
29 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
8 days
I am advised:
(a) Figures provided in Table 1 presents the number of patients with a residential address or diagnosis of 'homelessness' that separated (discharged) from Western Australian public mental health inpatient facilities (plus public patients at private hospitals) during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, by Health Service Provider and hospital.
The Department of Health state-wide data collection does not collect information on whether patients were ‘discharged’ into homelessness. Figures are based on patient residential address of ‘no fixed permanent address’ or homeless; or principal or additional diagnosis Z59.0 (homelessness).
Health Service Provider
Hospital
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
CAHS
Bentley
<5
<5
0
PCH
0
0
5
EMHS
Armadale Kelmscott
46
51
75
Bentley
197
181
207
RPH Wellington St
107
86
66
SJOG Midland
57
71
68
NMHS
Graylands
74
50
44
Joondalup HC
59
51
41
KEMH
<5
0
<5
Osborne Park
0
<5
0
SCGH
0
0
27
SCGH MHS
67
34
5
Selby Lodge
<5
<5
0
State Forensic MHS
35
16
20
Public Patients in Private Hospitals
SJOG Mt Lawley (Mercy)
<5
0
0
SMHS
Fiona Stanley
66
77
70
Fremantle
96
94
82
Rockingham
45
30
32
WACHS
Albany
23
31
29
Broome
13
6
6
Bunbury
19
37
34
Kalgoorlie
12
10
23
(b) Support services include but not limited to the “Ruah Intensive Housing Program", 50 Lives 50 Homes, 55 Central, seven day follow-up phone call by the discharging service, Access Housing, advice on private rental options through the National Rent Affordability Scheme, advocacy with the Department of Housing , Allawah Grove Hostel, Anawim Refuge, Beacon, Bridge House, Calvary (15-25 years), CAMHS outpatient and community services, Child Protection and Family Services, Community Mental Health Clinic and service, community supports, completion of the Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritisation Decision Assistance Tool, crisis accommodation, Crisis Care, Croft, Daydawn Advocacy Centre, Department of Communities, Derbal Yerrigan, Dreambuilders and Metro Churches, Drug and alcohol services, Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS), Ebenezer House (15+ years), Entry Point, facilities offering shelter, showers, food and clothing, family and domestic violence response teams, financial support (including transport, food vouchers, and payment for temporary crisis accommodation), Foyer (16 to 23 years), Headspace (12-25 years), Homeless Advocacy Service, Homeless Services in the Inner City‘ Guide,, Homelessness Advisory Service, hospital's Social Work Department,, Independent Living Program, Indi House (15-25 years), information on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Intensive Housing Worker, Karnany Resource Centre, Kensington Street, mainstream accommodation, mental health and/or drug and alcohol treatment services, mental health crisis response services and numbers, Mental Health Worker, Mercy Care (16-25 years), Monger House, Passages (16-25 years), peer support programs, Red Cross and Manna charities, referral to community mental health or GP, referrals for debt management, referrals to Legal Aid for legal advice and support, Richmond Residential (mental health specific support), Ruah, Salvation Army, Soup Kitchens, St Bartholomew’s House CRV (mental health specific support), St Patrick’s Centre, St Patrick’s Youth Place (15-25 years), St Vincent de Paul Society (Tom Fisher House), Street to Home Worker, Tenancy Support Worker, , The Shopfront, Uniting Care West (Tranby Centre, Family Foundations), Urban Fabric Accommodation, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation (alcohol and drug support) and Yorgum.
(a) Figures provided in Table 1 presents the number of patients with a residential address or diagnosis of 'homelessness' that separated (discharged) from Western Australian public mental health inpatient facilities (plus public patients at private hospitals) during 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, by Health Service Provider and hospital.
The Department of Health state-wide data collection does not collect information on whether patients were ‘discharged’ into homelessness. Figures are based on patient residential address of ‘no fixed permanent address’ or homeless; or principal or additional diagnosis Z59.0 (homelessness).
Health Service Provider
Hospital
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
CAHS
Bentley
<5
<5
0
PCH
0
0
5
EMHS
Armadale Kelmscott
46
51
75
Bentley
197
181
207
RPH Wellington St
107
86
66
SJOG Midland
57
71
68
NMHS
Graylands
74
50
44
Joondalup HC
59
51
41
KEMH
<5
0
<5
Osborne Park
0
<5
0
SCGH
0
0
27
SCGH MHS
67
34
5
Selby Lodge
<5
<5
0
State Forensic MHS
35
16
20
Public Patients in Private Hospitals
SJOG Mt Lawley (Mercy)
<5
0
0
SMHS
Fiona Stanley
66
77
70
Fremantle
96
94
82
Rockingham
45
30
32
WACHS
Albany
23
31
29
Broome
13
6
6
Bunbury
19
37
34
Kalgoorlie
12
10
23
(b) Support services include but not limited to the “Ruah Intensive Housing Program", 50 Lives 50 Homes, 55 Central, seven day follow-up phone call by the discharging service, Access Housing, advice on private rental options through the National Rent Affordability Scheme, advocacy with the Department of Housing , Allawah Grove Hostel, Anawim Refuge, Beacon, Bridge House, Calvary (15-25 years), CAMHS outpatient and community services, Child Protection and Family Services, Community Mental Health Clinic and service, community supports, completion of the Vulnerability Index – Service Prioritisation Decision Assistance Tool, crisis accommodation, Crisis Care, Croft, Daydawn Advocacy Centre, Department of Communities, Derbal Yerrigan, Dreambuilders and Metro Churches, Drug and alcohol services, Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS), Ebenezer House (15+ years), Entry Point, facilities offering shelter, showers, food and clothing, family and domestic violence response teams, financial support (including transport, food vouchers, and payment for temporary crisis accommodation), Foyer (16 to 23 years), Headspace (12-25 years), Homeless Advocacy Service, Homeless Services in the Inner City‘ Guide,, Homelessness Advisory Service, hospital's Social Work Department,, Independent Living Program, Indi House (15-25 years), information on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Intensive Housing Worker, Karnany Resource Centre, Kensington Street, mainstream accommodation, mental health and/or drug and alcohol treatment services, mental health crisis response services and numbers, Mental Health Worker, Mercy Care (16-25 years), Monger House, Passages (16-25 years), peer support programs, Red Cross and Manna charities, referral to community mental health or GP, referrals for debt management, referrals to Legal Aid for legal advice and support, Richmond Residential (mental health specific support), Ruah, Salvation Army, Soup Kitchens, St Bartholomew’s House CRV (mental health specific support), St Patrick’s Centre, St Patrick’s Youth Place (15-25 years), St Vincent de Paul Society (Tom Fisher House), Street to Home Worker, Tenancy Support Worker, , The Shopfront, Uniting Care West (Tranby Centre, Family Foundations), Urban Fabric Accommodation, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation (alcohol and drug support) and Yorgum.
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