A WA parliamentary question addresses the status of guidelines and training for self-harm risk assessments in public hospital emergency departments, revealing that guidelines are nearing completion and a new policy (CRAM) has superseded a previous pilot project.

AnsweredQoN 1081Legislative Council
Asked
14 November 2007
Portfolio
Health

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SELF-HARM RISK ASSESSMENTS 1081. Hon HELEN MORTON to the minister representing the Minister for Health: Further to answer 489 provided on 26 June 2007 regarding the management of deliberate self-harm in emergency departments - (1) Have the specific guidelines to govern the reception and assessment of people presenting with self-harm throughout EDs in Western Australian public hospitals been established? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister please table a copy of the guidelines? (3) Has a training package been undertaken in each ED to implement the guidelines? (4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
SELF-HARM RISK ASSESSMENTS
Further to answer 489 provided on 26 June 2007 regarding the management of deliberate self-harm in emergency departments - (1) Have the specific guidelines to govern the reception and assessment of people presenting with self-harm throughout EDs in Western Australian public hospitals been established? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister please table a copy of the guidelines? (3) Has a training package been undertaken in each ED to implement the guidelines? (4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(1) Have the specific guidelines to govern the reception and assessment of people presenting with self-harm throughout EDs in Western Australian public hospitals been established? (2) If yes to (1), will the minister please table a copy of the guidelines? (3) Has a training package been undertaken in each ED to implement the guidelines? (4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(2) If yes to (1), will the minister please table a copy of the guidelines? (3) Has a training package been undertaken in each ED to implement the guidelines? (4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(3) Has a training package been undertaken in each ED to implement the guidelines? (4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(4) Which hospitals are piloting the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool? (5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(5) When did the pilots in each hospital commence and; have any of the pilots been completed? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(1)-(2) This work is in progress and is nearing completion. (3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(3) Pending completion of the guidelines. (4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.
(4)-(5) The clinical risk assessment and management in mental health - CRAM - policy supersedes the deliberate self-harm risk assessment tool pilot project.

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