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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 03 Hansard (Thursday, 11 March 2004) . . Page.. 1229 ..

(9) How many staff are on duty per shift at the PSU.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s questions is:

(1) There are two seclusion rooms at PSU

(2)

(3) PSU does not turn away clients who need admission. Medical staff assess all clients presenting for admission in accordance with sections 9, 38 (2) and 41(1) (d) of the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994. If care can be provided in a less restrictive environment, they are referred to the appropriate service.

(4) No clients have presented requiring treatment and care that requires inpatient care that cannot be provided in a less restrictive environment than at PSU in the last 12 months and have been turned away.

(5) No clients who have presented for assessment and required admission have been turned away. Clients who do not require admission are referred to the appropriate service or managed in their own accommodation wherever possible.

(6) The overnight cost per person of accommodating a client in the PSU is $558.92.

(7) This will depend on the hotel.

(8)  

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