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(5) One high-dependency bed in Calvary’s Older Persons Mental Health Unit will be unavailable for six weeks while work is undertaken in that area. The date of this cannot be specified at this time.
(6) No.
(a) There are particular challenges with planning and undertaking building works and retrofitting ligature minimisation components in an operating environment within a mental health facility that is at full capacity.
(b) June 2019, subject to clinical operational constraints and latent conditions.
(7) Yes. While works have being scheduled to minimise the operational impact on the facility, the 40-bed capacity will be maintained throughout the program of works with the exception of a short-period (approximately 2 weeks) whereby capacity will be reduced by one bed only. This is required to enable the physical completion of the works and maintain these acute inpatient services wholly within the Adult Mental Health Unit. To minimise disruption, additional temporary beds are being created within the facility.
(8) Letters will be sent to key stakeholders, unions and oversight bodies to advise of the temporary changes to the Adult Mental Health Unit during the ligature minimisation works. The letters articulate the purpose, arrangements, extent and timeframes for the remedial works and provide a contact within Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services to seek further information. Key stakeholders will also be invited to an information session which will provide further opportunity to discuss the temporary changes, details of the information session will be included in the letters.
Calvary will follow usual notification processes if and when required.
Calvary Hospital—construction works
(Question No 2369)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 22 March 2019:
(1) When will the works on the Calvary Bruce Hospital emergency department begin.
(2) When are these works due for completion.
(3) How much are these works estimated to cost.
(4) How much expenditure will occur in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
(5) What works will be undertaken.
(6) What impact will these works have on the capacity of the Calvary Bruce Public Hospital emergency department (a) during construction and (b) once the works are completed and commissioned to service.
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