{"id":11086,"date":"2024-07-29T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T23:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/uncategorized\/8-million-investment-for-rbwh"},"modified":"2024-07-29T09:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T23:32:44","slug":"8-million-investment-for-rbwh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/news\/8-million-investment-for-rbwh","title":{"rendered":"$8 million investment for RBWH mental health emergency care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>$8 million investment for RBWH mental health emergency care<\/h1>\n<h4>The Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Centre (PEC) will receive an $8 million funding boost to improve its facilities for Queenslanders in mental health crisis.<\/h4>\n<p>RBWH continues to see increasing demand for mental health care, including people presenting in severe distress, signifying the need to review the model and contemporise the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The RBWH PEC provides comprehensive mental health assessment 24 hours a day, for those who present to the Emergency Department in mental health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1983, the PEC has seen thousands of people each year offering immediate psychiatric assessment as well as connections for ongoing mental health care.<\/p>\n<p>Metro North Health Chief Executive Jackie Hanson said the uplift would provide greater amenity for both patients and staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetro North is continuing to see more and more people needing mental health treatment, with both attendance and acuity numbers increasing year on year,\u201d Ms Hanson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that mental health is a key priority for our community, and we want to ensure investment is prioritised in this space, allowing for a new design to meet the needs of this cohort as well as increased staffing to ensure we can see people as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesign and procurement options are currently being investigated while additional medical and nursing staff are already being recruited as part of the uplift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, we continue to invest in mental health care all across Metro North Health, with a Crisis Stabilisation Facility also set to open at The Prince Charles Hospital in September 2024 and Hospital in the Home set to expand for mental health care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RBWH PEC upgrade is currently in the planning stage, with more detail to come once finalised.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Centre (PEC) will receive an $8 million funding boost to improve its facilities for Queenslanders in mental health 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