Requested by: Stuff | Response provided: 01/03/2021
Category: Mental Health
  1. What mental health services does your DHB provide? Please provide details of inpatient facilities and number of beds per facility, and whether facilities are currently used at capacity. Please provide details of outpatient services and services contracted to community providers.
  2. What addiction services does your DHB provide? Please provide details of inpatient facilities and number of beds per facility and whether facilities are currently used at capacity. Please provide details of outpatient services and services contracted to community providers.
  3. How many people do you treat on average every year in your mental health services? Please provide a breakdown by inpatient and outpatient services.
  4. How many people do you treat on average every year in your addiction services? Please provide a breakdown by inpatient and outpatient services.
  5. How many people are currently waiting for mental health treatment after they have been through an initial triage process? What is the average wait time to access services? What is the longest time someone can wait? Please provide breakdown by inpatient/outpatient services.
  6. How many people are currently waiting for addiction treatment after they have been through an initial triage process? What is the average wait time to access services? What is the longest time someone can wait? Please provide breakdown by inpatient/outpatient services.
  7. What is the process while patients wait to access addiction and/or mental health treatment?
  8. How many patients died after they were triaged but before receiving addiction or mental health treatment in the last six years? Are you able to provide the cause of death for each person who died?

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