Dear Ms Steiger

Please see attached the notice of transfer of your Freedom of Information request from the Chief Operating Officer of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Thank you.

Kind regards
Koz

Kozue Yamada
Manager, Secretariat and Corporate Governance

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From: Melanie Steiger <[FOI #10759 email]>
Sent: Monday, 16 October 2023 5:44 PM
To: SafetyandQualityFOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - NSW Statistics for involuntarily hospitalisation for men between 2020 to 2023 & same for Women

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Dear Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, I am requesting statistics for my own personal research, as I personally have been hospitalised for my mental health after loosing my eldest son to a drink driver.
Then my youngest son attempted suicide in December of last year and was conveyed to St Vincent's Hospital via ambulance convulsing from prescription pills.
St Vincent's released him against my advise and did not provide any follow up.
My son unfortunately succeed with suicide by hanging February of this year.
It was good enough to commit me when I was no threat to anybody nor myself but it wasn't good enough for my son to be dealt with in the same way and also put on a CTO , to medicate his depression.
I would like to know the comparison numbers between males and females and their ages if possible?
Thank you for you time.

Yours faithfully,

Melanie Steiger

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OFFICIAL

Dear Melanie,

We refer to your email request of 16 October 2023 to the Australian
Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, seeking access to various
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) and have
taken your request to be for copies of the following documents:

o New South Wales statistics for involuntary hospitalisation for men,
and women, between 2020 to 2023.

Your request has been transferred to us under section 16 of the Act as
the subject matter of your request is more closely connected with the
functions of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (the
Institute).

The 30 day statutory period for processing your request means that you
should expect a decision by 15 November 2023. However, the period of 30
days may be extended if the Institute needs to consult third parties or
for other reasons, but we will advise you if that is the case.

You will be notified of any charges in relation to your request as soon as
possible, before we process any requested documents or impose a final
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (aihw.gov.au).  Further
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OFFICIAL

Dear Melanie,

Pleased find attached a decision in response to your freedom of
information request.

Kind Regards

FOI Officer

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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