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Mental Health Services
In reply to Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (25 September 2018). (Estimates Committee B)
The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing): I have been advised:
The number of mental health patients that have waited more than 24 hours for a bed in metropolitan public hospitals, as well as country hospitals, in the last six months is:
| March 2018 | 100 |
| April 2018 | 97 |
| May 2018 | 89 |
| June 2018 | 157 (plus 2 from country) |
| July 2018 | 126 |
| August 2018 | 145 (plus 1 from country) |
| Total 6 months | 714 (plus 3 from country) |
Average waiting times for mental health patients in emergency departments across all metropolitan emergency departments from January 2017 to August 2018 have been:
| January 2017 | 8.5 hours |
| February 2017 | 9.1 hours |
| March 2017 | 8.7 hours |
| April 2017 | 8.6 hours |
| May 2017 | 7.6 hours |
| June 2017 | 8.4 hours |
| July 2017 | 8.4 hours |
| August 2017 | 7.9 hours |
| September 2017 | 8.4 hours |
| October 2017 | 8.3 hours |
| November 2017 | 10.0 hours |
| December 2017 | 8.8 hours |
| January 2018 | 10.4 hours |
| February 2018 | 10.9 hours |
| March 2018 | 10.2 hours |
| April 2018 | 10.7 hours |
| May 2018 | 8.8 hours |
| June 2018 | 12.3 hours |
| July 2018 | 10.8 hours |
| August 2018 | 11.8 hours |
Percentage increase between January 2017 and August 2018 is 38.8 percent.