Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare
Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare
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