❓ Hon. Jacqui Boydell asks about mental health presentations at regional WA hospitals, specifically regarding RFDS transfers and A&E data. The Minister provides some data but is unable to answer all questions immediately.
AnsweredQoN 1195Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
HOSPITALS —
REGIONAL — MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATIONS
1195. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to mental
health presentations at hospitals in regional Western Australia.
(1) Has the
minister read the report published in the Medical Journal of Australia of 26 August regarding mental health transfer data from the Royal Flying Doctor
Service?
(2) When will the government
respond to this report?
(3) How many
mental health patient transfers in the Mining and Pastoral Region in 2019 have
so far involved the services of the RFDS, and can the minister please provide a
breakdown of locations, departing and arriving.
(4) For the
hospitals of Kalgoorlie, Broome, Port Hedland, Karratha and Newman, can the
minister please identify —
(a) how many
accident and emergency presentations at these hospitals related to mental
health;
(b) of those presentations at each hospital, how many
patients were initially triaged as level 1, 2 or 3; and
(c) the length of stay for those
patients for that initial period?
REGIONAL — MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATIONS
1195. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to mental
health presentations at hospitals in regional Western Australia.
(1) Has the
minister read the report published in the Medical Journal of Australia of 26 August regarding mental health transfer data from the Royal Flying Doctor
Service?
(2) When will the government
respond to this report?
(3) How many
mental health patient transfers in the Mining and Pastoral Region in 2019 have
so far involved the services of the RFDS, and can the minister please provide a
breakdown of locations, departing and arriving.
(4) For the
hospitals of Kalgoorlie, Broome, Port Hedland, Karratha and Newman, can the
minister please identify —
(a) how many
accident and emergency presentations at these hospitals related to mental
health;
(b) of those presentations at each hospital, how many
patients were initially triaged as level 1, 2 or 3; and
(c) the length of stay for those
patients for that initial period?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) No; and not applicable. A copy of the report was
not provided to the minister by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
(3) The WA
Country Health Service is unable to provide the information in the time
available. I will seek to make that available as soon as possible.
(4) (a)–(c)
The data I have is from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019. It is in tabular
form and I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(a)
Hospital
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Mental Health Emergency Presentations
722
463
990
868
166
(b)
Mental Health Emergency Presentations:
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie
Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Triage 1
4
3
4
9
1
Triage 2
80
91
69
137
31
Triage 3
340
212
388
447
71
Total Triage 1, 2 and 3 Presentations
424
306
461
593
103
(c)
Median Length of Episode in ED (minutes):
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie
Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Triage 1
281
357
286
233
222
Triage 2
187
217
201
191
158
Triage 3
124
146
159
164
119
Median for 1, 2,and 3
137
163
168
173
128
Note :
Length of Episode in the Emergency Department (ED) is calculated as the number
of minutes from a patient's ED presentation date/time to their ED
discharge date/time.
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) No; and not applicable. A copy of the report was
not provided to the minister by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
(3) The WA
Country Health Service is unable to provide the information in the time
available. I will seek to make that available as soon as possible.
(4) (a)–(c)
The data I have is from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019. It is in tabular
form and I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(a)
Hospital
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Mental Health Emergency Presentations
722
463
990
868
166
(b)
Mental Health Emergency Presentations:
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie
Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Triage 1
4
3
4
9
1
Triage 2
80
91
69
137
31
Triage 3
340
212
388
447
71
Total Triage 1, 2 and 3 Presentations
424
306
461
593
103
(c)
Median Length of Episode in ED (minutes):
Hedland Health Campus
Karratha Health Campus
Broome Hospital
Kalgoorlie
Hospital
Newman
Hospital
Triage 1
281
357
286
233
222
Triage 2
187
217
201
191
158
Triage 3
124
146
159
164
119
Median for 1, 2,and 3
137
163
168
173
128
Note :
Length of Episode in the Emergency Department (ED) is calculated as the number
of minutes from a patient's ED presentation date/time to their ED
discharge date/time.
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