3005. Hon Alison Xamon to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the provision of mental health services for 2018–19 in the East Metropolitan, North Metropolitan, South Metropolitan, Goldfields, Kimberley, Pilbara, Midwest, Great Southern, South West and Wheatbelt regions, and I ask:
(a) for each of these regions, will the Minister please advise:
(i) the total number of hours of community support services provided; and
(ii) the total cost of each of the following type of mental health services:
(A) prevention activities;
(B) community support;
(C) community beds;
(D) community treatment; and
(E) hospital based services?
Hon Alanna Clohesy replied:
I am advised: (a) (i) In 2018/19 service providers reported to the Mental Health Commission a total of 209,070 hours of mental health community support service provision.
The table below provides a breakdown of direct hours of community support service provision in each region, including hours that could only be identified as State-wide or Metropolitan wide.
Hours of Community Support Services provided in 2018/19
|
Region |
Total Hours of Support |
|
East Metropolitan |
2,233 |
|
North Metropolitan |
15,760 |
|
South Metropolitan |
9,857 |
|
Goldfields |
3,569 |
|
Kimberley |
767 |
|
Pilbara |
381 |
|
Midwest |
2,468 |
|
Great Southern |
14,551 |
|
South West |
11,182 |
|
Wheatbelt |
3,228 |
|
State-wide |
18,180 |
|
Metropolitan wide |
126,894 |
|
Total |
209,070 |
* Hours listed relate to service agreements and exclude grant agreements
(ii) The table below provides a funding breakdown for (A) prevention activities, (B) community support, (C) community beds, (D) community treatment and (E) hospital based mental health services per region, including in-direct costs, for 2018/19.
Cost information for mental health services which could not be attributed to a single region, has also been provided as Country wide, Metropolitan wide or State-wide where relevant.
Cost breakdown for each mental health service provided in 2018/19
|
Region |
Prevention |
Community Support |
Community beds |
Community Treatment |
Hospital based |
Total |
|
East Metropolitan |
$0.0m |
$3.1m |
$7.2m |
$70.4m |
$107.4m |
$188.0m |
|
North Metropolitan |
$0.0m |
$3.7m |
$7.9m |
$71.4m |
$150.8m |
$233.8m |
|
South Metropolitan |
$0.1m |
$1.2m |
$3.4m |
$69.3m |
$62.7m |
$136.7m |
|
Goldfields |
$0.2m |
$0.6m |
$1.3m |
$6.2m |
$4.6m |
$12.9m |
|
Kimberley |
$0.0m |
$0.2m |
$0.0m |
$10.8m |
$7.6m |
$18.6m |
|
Pilbara |
$0.0m |
$0.2m |
$1.6m |
$6.4m |
$0.0m |
$8.2m |
|
Midwest |
$0.0m |
$0.6m |
$1.6m |
$9.2m |
$0.0m |
$11.4m |
|
Great Southern |
$0.2m |
$1.0m |
$1.7m |
$8.8m |
$8.4m |
$20.1m |
|
South West |
$0.2m |
$1.3m |
$4.3m |
$14.5m |
$13.9m |
$34.2m |
|
Wheatbelt |
$0.2m |
$0.4m |
$0.0m |
$6.3m |
$0.0m |
$6.9m |
|
Country wide |
$0.0m |
$0.0m |
$0.0m |
$5.7m |
$0.0m |
$5.7m |
|
State-wide |
$3.8m |
$6.8m |
$0.9m |
$54.3m |
$28.3m |
$94.1m |
|
Metropolitan wide |
$1.9m |
$23.3m |
$8.0m |
$21.8m |
$6.2m |
$61.2m |
|
Total |
$6.7m* |
$42.3m* |
$37.8m* |
$354.9m* |
$390.0m* |
$831.7m |
* Totals may vary slightly due to rounding