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Table 12A.39
Table 12A.39
Available beds in specialised mental health services (a)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
NSW Vic Qld (b) WA (c) SA Tas (d) ACT (e) NT Aust
39.8 47.3 36.1 36.2 43.4 45.6 42.1 20.6 40.8
39.2 47.7 34.3 35.7 44.0 61.2 39.1 20.2 40.7
39.9 48.5 33.8 36.2 44.3 61.4 43.1 20.7 41.1
Bed numbers represent the average number of beds which are immediately available for use by an
admitted patient or resident within the establishment. See the National Mental Health Report 2007 for
a full description of the derivation of bed estimates. Available beds were counted differently across
years. For 2005-06 and 2006-07, available beds are counted as the average of monthly available bed
numbers. For previous years, jurisdictions available beds are counted at 30 June. In addition, for 2005-
06 and 2006-07 available beds counts excluded beds in wards that were closed for any reason
(except weekend closures for beds/wards staffed and available on weekdays only). For previous
years, available beds counts included wards that were temporarily closed for reasons such as
renovation or strike, but that would normally be open.
Queensland does not fund community residential services, however, it funds a number of campus
based and non-campus based extended treatment services. These services are reported either as
wards of public acute hospitals or beds in public psychiatric hospitals. Furthermore, limiting the
classification of all inpatient beds to either co-located or standalone results in the reporting of some
psychogeriatric beds co-located with nursing homes being reported as ‘standalone’ which results in
the reporting of these beds as psychiatric hospital beds in this report. The reduction in the number of
beds in public acute hospitals with psychiatric units or wards is a result of a temporary closure of some
beds in one hospital.
Bed numbers in WA for 2005-06 include emergency department observation beds in one hospital.
In Tasmania, for 2005-06, non-government organisations’ residential beds funded by government are
included for the first time in the publicly funded community residential facilities category. This has led
to a significant change in the bed numbers between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
In the ACT, for 2004-05, total beds in the publicly funded community residential facilities category
include the NGO sector, group houses and respite beds. Bed numbers for 2004-05 have been revised.
.. Not applicable.
Source : AIHW (unpublished), derived from the MHE NMDS ; State and Territory governments
(unpublished).
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