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Government of South Australia, Department of Health

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Mental Health

		Emergency Demand Management

The following Emergency Demand Management policy series apply to all publicly funded services and programs of the South Australian Department of Health. This series of policies focus on increasing capacity for mental health services to manage mental health emergencies through a system response to identified problems, which emphasise continuity, integration and good practice.

		Policies

P1-02 Emergency Demand Management Best Practice

This policy provides an overview for the Emergency Demand Management policy series and outlines the range of strategies that the health system in South Australia will adopt to better manage acute mental health emergency demand as part of the reform of mental health services in the State.

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P2-02 Acute Mental Health Inpatients

This policy is concerned with access to and provision of treatment for people of all ages who require admission to an acute mental health in-patient facility (approved treatment centre).

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P3-02 Psychiatric Intensive Care Units

This policy is concerned with access to and provision of treatment for people who have been assessed as requiring admission to a psychiatric intensive care unit (ICU).

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P4-02 Young Persons Inpatient Care

This policy stipulates the principles and procedures for emergency mental health care for children and young people under the age of 18 years.

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P5-02 Emergency Demand Management Contingency Plan

This policy outlines the steps that will be taken by mental health services to ensure acute mental health inpatient beds (in approved treatment centres) are available for consumers identified as requiring admission.

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P6-02 Restraint & Seclusion

The policy aims to ensure that information regarding the use of restraint and seclusion is routinely collected and reported to enable benchmarking, continuous quality improvement monitoring and ongoing systematic internal and external review.

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P7-02 Sedation & Transport Protocols

This policy defines principles and procedures for emergency assessment, care and transport of a person with a mental health issue from a rural or remote country location to a metropolitan hospital.

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P8-02 Emergency Demand Management & the Assessment & Crisis Intervention Service.

In developing the series of policies and procedures for mental health emergency demand management, the role and function of ACIS has been reviewed, with the aim of ensuring it is a reliable, efficient and expert access point for all people requiring assistance for mental health issues.

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		Implementation

I2-03 Mapping the Clinical Process

The following series of maps has been prepared to assist each mental health service with implementation of the emergency demand management policy and procedure series.

Each of the maps detail a discrete clinical process with reference to specific policy documents and items contained within those policies.