The Mental Health Act 2014 (s.515) prescribes the Chief Psychiatrist with the responsibility to monitor the treatment and care of mental health patients within Western Australia. Under section 507 of the MHA 2014, a “designated mental health service” includes private psychiatric hostels, meaning that those responsibilities extend to mental health patients residing within those facilities.
With this legislative requirement the Chief Psychiatrist has commenced monitoring of the treatment and care provided to residents of private psychiatric hostels within Western Australia.
Private Psychiatric Hostels to be Monitored
The Chief Psychiatrist’s Monitoring of Private Psychiatric Hostels will include all facilities operating under a private psychiatric hostel licence. Under the Private Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927, services which meet the definition of a private psychiatric hostel must be licensed. The definition is:
Private Psychiatric Hostel Snapshot
The purpose of the Private Psychiatric Hostel Dashboard is to understand the demographics of residents and how they access mental health services.
The first iteration was developed in 2017 using data obtained from the Psychiatric Services On Line Information System (PSOLIS) and published on this website in May 2018. The dashboard was reviewed in 2019 in consultation with private psychiatric hostel licensees and other government agencies with oversight responsibility and a new process was agreed. The new process was commenced in January 2020, however, due to work needed to prepare for COVID-19, hostels which had not yet provided their data by March 2020 were granted an exemption. From 2021, all services operating under a private psychiatric hostel license participated in the snapshot.
Chief Psychiatrist’s Private Psychiatric Hostels Snapshot 2023
Chief Psychiatrist’s Private Psychiatric Hostels Snapshot 2022
Chief Psychiatrist’s Private Psychiatric Hostels Snapshot 2021
Chief Psychiatrist’s Private Psychiatric Hostels Snapshot 2020
Chief Psychiatrist’s Private Psychiatric Hostels Snapshot 2018
Private Psychiatric Hostel Reviews
The Chief Psychiatrist has completed an initial on-site review of all facilities operating under a private psychiatric hostel licence. Each hostel review will also included site visits to clinical mental health services who provide treatment and care to residents of the hostel. The goal of the initial reviews is to evaluate:
Monitoring of Notifiable Incidents
The Chief Psychiatrist monitors reports of all notifiable incidents pertaining to psychiatric patients who reside in a private psychiatric hostel. For further information, please refer to Reporting Notifiable Incidents – Private Psychiatric Hostels.