Question On Notice No. 737 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2022 by Hon Donna Faragher
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Mental Health
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
(1) How many women were diagnosed with perinatal/postnatal depression during a period of care in Western Australian public and private hospitals, in the following financial years:
(a) 2018-19;
(b) 2019-20;
(c) 2020-21; and
(d) 2021-22 (to date)?
(2) For each financial year referenced in (1), what was the total number of attendances in both public and private emergency departments from a patient with perinatal/postnatal depression?
Answered on 9 August 2022
Women are diagnosed with perinatal/postnatal depression in a range of health care settings, including their General Practitioner’s office, mental health clinical settings and public and private hospitals.
(1) The following data represents women diagnosed with perinatal/postnatal depression in public hospital settings. Data from private hospitals cannot be provided as the Department of Health does not own this data.
(a) 2018-19; 378
(b) 2019-20; 352
(c) 2020-21; 341
(d) 2021-22 (July to December 2021, noting delays with coding data to identify cases); 202
(2) The total number of attendances in public emergency departments from a patient with perinatal/postnatal depression recorded, were as follows:
(a) 2018-19; 54
(b) 2019-20; 58
(c) 2020-21; 51
(d) 2021-22 (July to 12 May 2022); 61