House of Assembly
Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
54
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Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Estimates Replies
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services
In reply to Mr PICTON
House of Assembly
Kaurna
Mental Health Services
In reply to Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (25 September 2018). (Estimates Committee B)
The Hon. S.G. WADE
House of Assembly
Minister for Health and Wellbeing
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.