Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit - Melbourne

Order of appearance:

- Welcome to Country

- Welcome from College Presidents
Dr Simon Judkins, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)
Dr Kym Jenkins, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

- Lived Experience Perspective
Fiona Nguyen, Lived Experience Consultant, Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, Victoria

- Emergency Department Perspective
Professor Daniel Fatovich, Emergency Physician, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia

- Panel One provides context and builds an understanding of how mental health crises are managed in the Emergency Department from a range of different perspectives including clinicians, consumers and carers.

#MHED18 Panel 1 from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

Order of appearance:

- Panel Two identifies what people experiencing mental health crises require from an Emergency Department and will examine models for meeting these needs more effectively.

#MHED18 Panel 2 from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

Order of appearance:

- Interview with Dr Murray Wright, Chief Psychiatrist, NSW Ministry of Health, New South Wales

- Panel Three looks at new models of care that better meet patients’ needs before or out of Emergency Departments

- Participants from the Summit are invited to give 1-2 minute presentations about their ideas for policy change

- Panel Four sets out to explore how broader system issues might impact the ways in which Emergency Departments function and to start to explore and prioritise ideas for change

#MHED18 Panel 3 from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

Order of appearance:

- Facilitator: Sophie Scott, National Medical Reporter, ABC and Ben Harris, Policy Associate, Victoria University

- Close - Dr Simon Judkins, President, ACEM

#MHED18 Panel 4 from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

View the full Summit program here.

“A state of crisis”: Data shows blow outs for mental health care, patients leaving before treatment ends
Australia’s health system is failing to meet the needs of people who present to emergency departments with a mental health crisis, according to Australasian College for Emergency Medicine analysis. Read the release and download The Long Wait:  An Analysis of Mental Health Presentations to Australian Emergency Departments.

Emergency departments in 'crisis' as mental health patients left waiting: new report
ABC's health reporter Olivia Willis reports on ACEM's Long Wait report and speaks to Fiona Nguyen, who will provide a Lived Experience Perspective at ACEM's Summit. Read her online article.

The Long Wait: new report shows need for urgent mental health reform
Croakey journalist Marie McInerney's article reveals the distress experienced by many people when they attend an Emergency Department environment during a mental health crisis. She also spoke to Renai Searle, project coordinator at Consumers of Mental Health Western Australia and a panellist at ACEM's Summit. Read it here.

Questions surround mental-health issues, treatments
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists President Dr Kym Jenkins spoke to SBS News about the need to improve the experiences of mental health patients in EDs. Listen here.

Mental health patients forced to wait
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins spoke to Sydney radio station 2SER saying ACEM’s Summit was the chance to come to agreement on solutions, based on data, evidence and a vision. Listen here.

Australia by Night with Stephen Cenatiempo
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins spoke to Triple M’s Australia By Night with Stephen Cenatiempo program, heard across regional Australia. ‘We need a real focus on how we provide better mental health care to rural, regional areas,’ Dr Judkins told Stephen. Listen to the interview.

ACEM calls for new approach to mental health care in EDs
In February 2018, ACEM proposed solutions to improve models of care for patients with acute mental and behavioural conditions, after an ACEM report found a significant over-representation of mental health presentations in chronic access block. Read ACEM’s media release.
 
Mental health patients face 'unacceptable' waits at emergency
ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins was interviewed on ABC Radio’s AM program about ACEM’s report. Listen here.
 
WA mental health patients face ‘disgusting’ waits in emergency departments
ACEM WA Faculty Chair Associate Professor David Mountain was interviewed on ABC Radio’s The World Today about the crisis in mental health care. Listen here.
 
Simon Judkins: Nathan’s death highlights our mental health failure
Writing in the Herald Sun, ACEM President Dr Simon Judkins recounted the story of Nathan’s* experience in an emergency department. Read the story. (*Nathan is not his real name.)

The Health Advocate
Mental health care in the Australian acute health system: Emergency! Read more.

Access block is the single most serious issue facing emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand. Take a look at some of the work we do around this issue here. You may also be interested in our Access Block Point Prevalence Surveys below:

• 2018 Access Block Point Prevalence Survey Summary
• Waiting Times in the Emergency Department for People with Acute Mental and Behavioural Conditions – February 2018
• 2017 Access Block Point Prevalence Survey Summary 
• 2016 Access Block Point Prevalence Survey Summary 

Representatives from the following organisations are attending the Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit:

ABC, NSW
ACT Health, NSW
ACT Health, ACT
ACT Health Services Commissioner, ACT
ACT Legislative Assembly, ACT
Agency of Clinical Innovation (ACI), NSW
Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW
Alice Springs Hospital, NT
Ambulance Victoria, VIC
Austin Health, VIC
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM)
Australia Medical Association (AMA), ACT
Australian College for Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), NT
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN), ACT
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN)/Flinders University, ACT
Australian Government Department of Health, ACT
Australian National University, ACT
Barwon Health, VIC
Bethesda Healthcare, WA
beyondblue, VIC
Black Dog Institute, NSW
Cairns Hospital, QLD
Calvary Public Hospital, ACT
Centre of Best Practice Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP), WA
Chief Psychiatrist, QLD
Chief Psychiatrist, NSW
Chief Psychiatrist, WA
Chief Psychiatrist, TAS
Chief Psychiatrist, ACT
Chief Psychiatrist, VIC
Cohealth, VIC
Community Mental Health Australia, WA
Consumers of Mental Health WA (CoMHWA), WA
Department of Health, NSW
Department of Health and Human Services, VIC
Department of Health and Human Services, TAS
Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, VIC
Department of Health, Western Australia, WA
Eastern Health Child and Youth Mental Health Service, VIC
Eastern Melbourne PHN, VIC
Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA), New Zealand
Erin Bowen Consulting, VIC
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA
Flinders University, SA
Freelance, NSW
Gippsland Health Network Ltd, VIC
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD
Grattan Institute, VIC
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW
Hunter New England Health, NSW
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, NSW
IvolveGen, NT
Joondalup Health Campus, WA
Liverpool Hospital, NSW
Mental Health Advocacy Service, WA
Mental Health Australia, ACT
Mental Health Central Australian Health Service, NT
Mental Health Commission of NSW, NSW
Mental Health Complaints Commissioner, VIC
Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC), NSW
Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT), TAS
Mental Health Matters 2, WA
Mental Health Victoria, VIC
Metro North Mental Health, QLD
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service, QLD
Mind Australia, VIC
Monash Health, VIC
Murray PHN, VIC
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), ACT
National LGBTI Health Alliance, NSW
National Mental Health Commission, NSW
North West Area Mental Health Service, VIC
North West Regional Hospital, TAS
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NADLHN), SA
NSW Ministry of Health, NSW
NSW Ministry of Health, Mental Health Branch, NSW
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist of Western Australia, WA
Outcome Health, VIC
QLD Forensic Mental Health, QLD
Queensland Government, QLD
Queensland Health, QLD
Queensland Mental Health Commission, QLD
Royal Adelaide and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, SA
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA), VIC
Royal Australia College of General Practitioners (RACGP), VIC
Royal Darwin Hospital, NT
Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Royal Perth Hospital, WA
SA Health, SA
SA Mental Health Commission, SA
Safer Care Victoria, VIC
SALHN, SA
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA
South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network, VIC
South Western Sydney LHD Mental Health Service, NSW
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, VIC
St Vincent's Hospital Safe Haven Cafe, VIC
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, NSW
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD
Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital, NSW
Tandem Inc., VIC
Tasmanian Health Service, TAS
Tasmanian Labor Party, TAS
The Canberra Hospital, ACT
The Police Association Victoria, VIC
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD
The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), VIC
The Royal Children's Hospital , VIC
The Salvation Army, VIC
The Sutherland Hospital, NSW
The University of Sydney, NSW
The University of Queensland , QLD
Top End Health Services, NT
Turning Point; Monash University, VIC
Victoria University, VIC
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council Inc. (VMIAC), VIC
VMIA, VIC
WA Country Health Service, WA
WentWest Limited, NSW
West Australia Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA), WA
Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, NSW
Whole of Health Program, NSW

#MHED18 Simon Judkins and Kym Jenkins from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

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#MHED18 Cameron Burrows from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

#MHED18 Amanda Stafford from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

#MHED18 Murray Wright from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

#MHED18 Professor Daniel Fatovich from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

#MHED18 Professor Daniel Fatovich from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

#MHED18 Alfred Hospital from ACEM Digital Media on Vimeo.

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