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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 328 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 April 2022 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

MENTAL HEALTH — PERINATAL SERVICES

328. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Mental Health:

I refer to mother and baby units providing specialist perinatal support and treatment services.

(1) What is the total number of inpatient beds currently available within the mother and baby units located at the following hospitals —

(a) King Edward Memorial Hospital; and

(b) Fiona Stanley Hospital?

(2) For each mother and baby unit referred to in (1), will the minister table a copy of the boundary intake areas where patients can be admitted from?

(3) Can the minister advise whether similar mother and baby units are currently available to mothers in any other public hospitals throughout the state?

(4) If yes to (3), can she please provide a list of those hospitals?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) (a) There are eight.

(b) There are eight.

(2) I table the attached document. The King Edward Memorial Hospital patient intake area is metropolitan suburbs north of the river. The Fiona Stanley Hospital mother and baby unit accepts patients from the South Metropolitan Health Service and East Metropolitan Health Service catchments, as well as south rural—that is, great southern, south west, goldfields and southern wheatbelt. WA Country Health Service residents have access to both the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women mother and baby unit and the Fiona Stanley Hospital mother and baby unit.

[See paper 1220.]

(3) There are no other public facilities.

(4) Not applicable.