House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Mental Health Patients Mental Health Patients In reply to Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna Mental Health Patients In reply to Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (30 July 2021). (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: 1.	The average visit time for mental health patients in metropolitan emergency departments in the 2020-21 financial year was 652 minutes. 2.	The average visit time for mental health patients in metropolitan emergency departments in the 2019/20 financial year was 679 minutes. The average visit time in 2020-21 decreased by 27 minutes per patient. 3.	 2019-20 2020-21 Change CALHN 1,043 1,043 -1 NALHN 607 567 -40 SALHN 503 486 -16 W&CHN 192 224 32 Metro 679 652 -27 4.	The number of mental health patients in metropolitan emergency departments who waited more than 24 hours for admission in 2020-21 was 1,457. This is a reduction of 159 patients compared to 2019-20 (1,616). 5.	The number of mental health patients in metropolitan emergency departments who waited more than 48 hours (>2,880 minutes) for admission in 2020/21 was 449. This is a reduction of 78 patients compared to 2019-20 (527). 6.	This was originally reported for the 12 month period of March 2020 to February 2021. As part of the usual data cleansing/finalisation process this value is now 1,441. There were 20,351 metropolitan mental health ED presentations during that period which equates to 5 per cent of patients. 7.	The longest wait time for admission in 2020-21 was 7,322 minutes, which is 220 hours or 5 days.