A recommendation from the 2012 PECC Review
- WOHP site visits. Clinician expressed need
- patients present with multiple complex comorbidities requiring collaborative models of care
- patients have poor engagement with services and poorer health outcomes
- patients re-present frequently, spend longer in ED and utilise multiple resources including hospital, ambulance and police
- high risk of harm to self or others in an ED environment
- extended ED LOS whilst awaiting stabilisation/resolution of behavioural disturbance
- 75% of patients discharged from the ED within 24-48 hours without requiring admission to Mental Health inpatient services
Resources and capacity building