Extract from Hansard [ASSEMBLY — Tuesday, 11 June 2019] p3983b-3986a Mr Sean L'Estrange; Mr Roger Cook

MENTAL HEALTH — EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS 5123. Mr S.K. L’Estrange to the Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health: (1) How many children and adolescents deemed to have mental health issues, when triaged at an emergency department, presented to metropolitan emergency departments each year since 2015, by hospital? (2) How many children and adolescents deemed to have mental health issues, when triaged at an emergency department, presented to regional emergency departments each year since 2015, by hospital? (3) What is the recommended maximum length of stay for children under the age of 16 who present with mental health issues to emergency departments? (4) What is the average length of stay for children under the age of 16 in emergency departments? (5) What is the recommended maximum length of stay for adolescents aged between 16 and 18 who present with mental health issues to emergency departments? (6) What is the average length of stay for adolescents aged between 16 and 18 in emergency departments? (7) When admitted to a hospital mental health unit: (a) (a) What is the average length of stay for children under the age of 16; and (b) (b) What is the average length of stay for adolescents aged between 16 and 18? Mr R.H. Cook replied: (1) Table 1: Number of Emergency Department Mental Health Attendances for all WA Metropolitan Hospitals by Calendar Year.

Hospital 2015 2016 2017 2018 Royal Hospital 35 37 35 24 11 N/A N/A N/A Princess Margaret Hospital for Children 1,224 1,305 1,474 628 King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women 0 0 0 0 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 16 29 24 20 296 327 465 415 Perth Children’s Hospital N/A N/A N/A 1,066 Armadale Health Service 200 201 198 226 Swan District Hospital 137 N/A N/A N/A Rockingham General Hospital 220 238 290 249 294 391 370 426 Peel Health Campus 138 171 147 78 St John of God Midland Public Hospital 28 187 189 269 Source: Emergency Department Data Collection, Purchasing and System Performance Division, Department of Health WA. Date: 09 May 2019. Notes: Data is provisional and subject to revision. Fremantle Hospital’s Emergency Department closed on the 03 Feb 2015. Fiona Stanley Hospital’s Emergency Department opened on the same day. Swan District Hospital Closed on 24 Nov 2015. St John of God Midland Public Hospital opened on the same day. Princess Margaret Hospital closed on 10 June 2018. Perth Children’s Hospital opened on the same day. (2) Table 2: Number of Emergency Department Mental Health Attendances for all WA Country Hospitals by Calendar Year.

Hospital 2015 2016 2017 2018 Fitzroy Crossing Hospital 13 9 10 11

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Halls Creek Hospital 5 2 7 12 Hedland Health Campus 26 45 70 67 Karratha Health Campus N/A N/A N/A 19 Albany Hospital 96 59 89 71 Augusta Hospital 0 0 0 0 Broome Hospital 36 23 59 62 Bunbury Hospital 153 186 187 223 Busselton Hospital 30 28 67 85 Carnarvon Hospital 11 15 12 14 Collie Hospital 15 36 17 19 Denmark Hospital 3 2 3 4 Derby Hospital 16 23 18 40 Esperance Hospital 18 19 29 31 Exmouth Hospital 2 5 6 9 Geraldton Hospital 55 67 74 125 Kalgoorlie Hospital 65 52 90 73 Katanning Hospital 19 13 9 7 Lake Grace Hospital 0 0 1 0 Margaret River Hospital 8 12 13 28 Meekatharra Hospital 6 7 11 2 Merredin Hospital 2 6 6 3 Narrogin Hospital 24 10 8 14 Northam Hospital 22 21 22 18 Onslow Hospital 2 1 5 2 Roebourne Hospital 5 4 2 5 Wagin Hospital 2 1 0 1 Wyndham Hospital 3 4 6 1 York Hospital 2 2 4 3 Tom Price Hospital 3 12 10 10 Kununurra Hospital 30 28 28 39 Newman Hospital 6 13 13 4 Paraburdoo Hospital 5 2 3 7 Donnybrook Hospital 1 2 7 3 Laverton Hospital 1 3 0 3 Leonora Hospital 5 3 0 1 Beverley Hospital 2 1 0 1 Boddington Hospital 2 1 1 3 Bruce Rock Memorial Hospital 0 0 0 0 Corrigin Hospital 3 2 1 0 Cunderdin Hospital 0 0 0 0 Dalwallinu Hospital 0 0 2 3

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Dumbleyung Memorial Hospital 0 1 0 0 Kellerberrin Memorial Hospital 2 0 4 2 Gnowangerup Hospital 2 0 0 0 Goomalling Hospital 2 0 0 2 Harvey Hospital 6 3 4 22 Kondinin Hospital 1 0 0 0 Kununoppin Hospital 0 0 0 0 Moora Hospital 5 5 3 4 Morawa Hospital 7 1 0 1 Mullewa Hospital 2 2 2 0 Nannup Hospital 0 1 1 0 Narembeen Memorial Hospital 0 0 0 0 Norseman Hospital 1 2 0 0 Northampton Hospital 1 1 0 0 North Midlands Hospital 0 0 1 1 Pemberton Hospital 1 1 1 3 Pingelly Hospital 0 0 1 N/A Plantagenet Hospital 5 3 13 1 Ravensthorpe Hospital 1 0 1 0 Southern Cross Hospital 0 2 3 3 Boyup Brook Soldiers Memorial Hospital 1 0 1 0 Warren Hospital 11 21 16 21 Wongan Hills Hospital 1 4 4 0 Wyalkatchem–Koorda and Districts Hospital 4 0 0 1 Bridgetown Hospital 11 12 9 9 Kojonup Hospital 1 0 1 5 Quairading Hospital 1 2 0 1 Nickol Bay Hospital 46 43 48 39 Kalbarri Hospital 0 1 2 0 Dongara Hospital 1 9 1 2 Source: Emergency Department Data Collection, Purchasing and System Performance Division, Department of Health WA. Date: 09 May 2019. Notes: Data is provisional and subject to revision. Nickol Bay Hospital closed on the 19 Sep 2018. Karratha Health Campus opened on the same day. Pingelly Hospital became a nursing post on the 01 Jan 2018. (3) There is ‘no recommended maximum length of stay’ (in emergency departments) for patients who present with mental health issues to emergency departments. The Western Australia Emergency Access Target (WEAT) is four hours for all patients, including patients presenting with mental illness. (4) Table 3: Median Length of Episode for Children under the age of 16 in WA Emergency Departments by Calendar Year.

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Year Median Length of Episode (Minutes) 2015 103 2016 110 2017 113 2018 115 Source: Emergency Department Data Collection, Purchasing and System Performance Division, Department of Health WA. Date: 09 May 2019. Notes: Data is provisional and subject to revision. (5) There is ‘no recommended maximum length of stay’ (in emergency departments) for patients who present with mental health issues to emergency departments. The Western Australia Emergency Access Target (WEAT) is four hours for all patients, including patients presenting with mental illness. (6) Table 4: Median Length of Episode for Children between the ages of 16 and 18 in WA Emergency Departments by Calendar Year.

Year Median Length of Episode (Minutes) 2015 120 2016 130 2017 129 2018 133 Source: Emergency Department Data Collection, Purchasing and System Performance Division, Department of Health WA. Date: 09 May 2019. Notes: Data is provisional and subject to revision. (7) (a) The average length of stay for children under the age of 16 admitted to a hospital mental health unit:

Year Average Length of Stay (Days) 2015 7.2 2016 7.2 2017 9.0 2018 6.8 (b) The average length of stay for adolescents aged between 16 and 18 admitted to a hospital mental health unit:

Year Average Length of Stay (Days) 2015 8.0 2016 7.7 2017 8.6 2018 8.4

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