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.