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Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare

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SNAPSHOT OF TOTAL PATIENT POPULATION<br />

30 June <strong>2005</strong> 30 June <strong>2004</strong> 30 June-2003 % Change<br />

(100 patients) (100 patients) (100 patients) June 2003<br />

- June <strong>2005</strong><br />

PATIENT DIAGNOSIS<br />

Schizophrenia 92% 62% 66% ↑39.4%<br />

Affective disorders 6% 13% 18% ↓66.7%<br />

Adjustment disorders - 4% 1% -<br />

Brief psychotic episode - 9% 2% -<br />

Personality disorder 1% 3% 5% ↓80%<br />

Other - 9% 8% -<br />

LEGAL STATUS<br />

Security Patients<br />

Mental Health Act, s16(3)(b) –<br />

Restricted Hospital Order (transferred from prison 36+ 43+ 44+ ↓18.2<br />

Forensic Patients<br />

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 52* 49 44 ↑18.2%<br />

Involuntary Patients<br />

Mental Health Act, s.12 – Involuntary Patients<br />

(transferred from other hospitals) 5 4 3 ↑66.7%<br />

Other<br />

Sentencing Act, s.93(1)(d), Hospital Order; and s.93(1)(e),<br />

Hospital Security Order. (transferred from court) 6 4 9 ↓33.3%<br />

+ Includes multiple patients on track for a mental impairment outcome.<br />

* includes 1 patient who was returned to Thomas Embling Hospital following suspension of Extended Leave.<br />

HOW WE MEASURED OUR PRISON PERFORMANCE IN <strong>2004</strong>-<strong>2005</strong><br />

(Service delivery outcomes for services provided at Melbourne Assessment Prison are detailed in the contract between Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health and<br />

Department of Justice. The performance measures listed here show service delivery information maintained by <strong>Forensicare</strong>).<br />

PERFORMANCE MEASURE Outcomes Outcomes Outcomes % Change 2002-03<br />

<strong>2004</strong>-<strong>2005</strong> 2003-<strong>2004</strong> 2002-2003 – <strong>2004</strong>-05<br />

Melbourne Assessment Prison<br />

Number of services provided–<br />

. reception assessments 3,886 3,568 3,885+ -<br />

. psychiatric referrals 5,661 4,689 4,225+ ↑34%<br />

. psychiatric and psychological reports prepared for court 199 190 197 ↑1%<br />

Acute Assessment Unit – bed occupancy rate 97.45%* 97%* 93.6%* ↑4.1%<br />

January –<br />

June 2003<br />

Average no. of days between certification<br />

and transfer to Thomas Embling Hospital 8** 24 15.9 ↓49.7%<br />

Average number of prisoners waiting for admission<br />

to Acute Assessment Unit 7.5 5 5 ↑50%<br />

+ Due to a problem experienced with an external computer system, this information covers actual data collected for the period 1 October 2002 – 30 June 2003.<br />

The data for the months of July – September 2002 is an average of the nine-month period for which data is available.<br />

* The bed occupancy rate at the Acute Assessment Unit reflects a lower-than experienced rate. Occupancy rates at the Melbourne Assessment Unit are based on actual<br />

bed vacancies at midnight each day. If a prisoner is discharged from the Acute Assessment Unit late in the afternoon, and a replacement prisoner not transferred in to the<br />

Unit until the following morning, the bed is shown as a vacancy in prison records. Records maintained by <strong>Forensicare</strong> indicate an almost 100% occupancy rate.<br />

** This decrease is the result of a change in policy by <strong>Forensicare</strong> regarding admission practices to Thomas Embling Hospital whereby prisoners are admitted to the<br />

hospital within 72 hours post-certification. 19

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