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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 439 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 November 2021 by Hon Peter Collier

Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 41 Session: 1


Question

I refer to the Visiting Regional Psychologist Program, and I ask:
(a) how many visits to regional areas did the psychologists make in:
(i) 2018;
(ii) 2019;
(iii) 2020; and
(iv) 2021 to date; and
(b) which regional areas did the psychologists visit in:
(i) 2018;
(ii) 2019;
(iii) 2020; and
(iv) 2021 to date?

Answered on 15 February 2022

The Western Australian Police Force advise:

Psychological services are provided to Western Australia Police Force officers and staff in regional Western Australia through the agency’s Internal Psychology Unit (IPU) and through onsite regional visits, as well as telephone/virtual support by the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – coordinated by Converge International.

 

(a) - (b)

 

 

IPU

EAP

EAP

EAP

Region

2021

2019

2020

2021

Great Southern District

3

4

11

18

South West District

2

19

33

20

Mid West-Gascoyne District

5

6

13

14

Goldfields-Esperance District

1

0

4

12

Pilbara District

1

7

5

10

Kimberley District

3

4

8

9

Wheatbelt District

0

2

10

5

Total

15

42

84

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

·         (a)(i) – (iii) Prior to 2021, data on regional visits was not tracked in the WA Police Force Internal Psychology Unit records system. A mechanism is now in place to track data on visits to regional areas.

·         (b)(i) s Converge International (Employee Assistance Provider) commenced collecting and tracking WA Police Force data only from 2019, data is not available for 2018.

·         (a)(iv) Data has been provided for the entire year

·         (b)(iv) Data has been provided for the entire year