MENTAL HEALTH — LONG-STAY ADMITTED INPATIENTS
246. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to patients currently
identified as long-stay admitted mental health inpatients.
(1) What constitutes a long-stay admitted inpatient
and how many such patients are currently in the health system?
(2) Of the present cohort of
long-stay inpatients, how many have been admitted for periods of time of —
(a) up to six months;
(b) between six and 12 months;
(c) between one and two years; and
(d) longer than two years?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Health.
I am advised that the Department of
Health is not able to provide the requested information in the time required
and I therefore ask the honourable member to place this question on notice.