Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare

STATEMENT OF CORPORATE INTENT - 2004-05 - 2006-07
Forensicare is required by legislation (Mental
Health Act 1986, s. 117O) to prepare an
annual Corporate Plan, including a Statement
of Corporate Intent, for the Minister for
Health. The Act also requires that the
Statement of Corporate Intent, a planning
document covering the current year and two
subsequent years, be included in the Annual
Report (s. 117U). Accordingly, the Statement
of Corporate Intent 2004-2005 – 2006-
2007 is reproduced below.
Statement of Corporate Intent
2004-2005 – 2006-2007
Business Objectives
• Provide a high quality, expanded
inpatient service that delivers efficient
and effective care and treatment in a
secure environment that integrates
physical, procedural and relational
security.
• Provide a high quality, expanded
community service that delivers efficient
and effective care and treatment for
mentally disordered offenders.
• Promote and develop knowledge and
expertise in forensic mental health.
• Strengthen the capacity and expertise
of Forensicare, ensuing optimal and
efficient and effective functioning
• Expert assessment and advice to courts,
corrections, releasing authorities and
general mental health services in relation
to the early detection, assessment,
treatment and risk management of
mentally disordered offenders and
potential offenders.
• Specialist assessment and treatment in
secure inpatient facilities that provide
high quality clinical services that meet
regulations, legislative and security
requirements.
• Community follow-up, either directly
or indirectly, for clients discharged from
specialist forensic inpatient facilities or
from prison.
• Community care and treatment to target
group clients referred by area mental
health services, courts, Adult Parole
Board or Community Correctional
Services.
• Liaison and consultative services to
public mental health services and other
agencies in relation to treatment of
mentally disordered clients with
significant forensic issues
• Facilities and services that achieve high
standards of care and security and
contribute to community safety
Nature and Scope of Activities
Inpatient
Identifying, developing and implementing
forensic-specific key performance indicators
and measures.
Community
Maintaining an effective working relationship
with public mental health services in relation
to interface arrangements with the
community program.
Providing a supported accommodation
service in the Jardine flats (located adjacent
to Thomas Embling Hospital).
Strengthening clinical programming by
targeting risk assessment, co-occurring
disorders and offending/violence reduction.
Maintaining full ongoing accreditation from
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
for Community Operations
Enhancing community mental health services
and programs for mentally ill people released
from prison
Completing at lease one comprehensive and
independent clinical audit of community
programs
Implementing consumer outcome measures
to monitor performance of clinical programs,
consistent with Department of Human
Services policy
Strengthening and enhancing mechanisms
for consumer and carer participation in
service development.
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Accounting Policies
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental
Health prepares general purpose financial
reports in accordance with Australian
Accounting Standard AAS29 ‘Financial
Reporting by Government Departments’.
AAS29 requires the accrual basis of
accounting to be adopted. It also
acknowledges that government departments
are primarily service-oriented entities that
require reporting consistent with
departments’ service delivery objectives.
The published annual financial report
contains a statement of financial
performance, a statement of financial
position and statement of cash flows and
is audited by the Auditor-General's Office
Victoria. The Victorian Institute of Forensic
Mental Health reports each twelve-month
period ending 30 June.
CLINICAL SERVICES
Main Undertakings
The Clinical Services program is responsible
for treating people with serious mental
disorder in the criminal justice system and
those patients at high risk of behaving
violently. Clinical Services provides the
following inpatient and community services –
Maintaining 100 specialist forensic inpatient
beds at the Thomas Embling Hospital
Maintaining a comprehensive security system
at Thomas Embling Hospital through ongoing
monitoring and upgrading as required
Maintaining full ongoing accreditation from
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
for Inpatient Operations
Strengthening clinical programming by
targeting risk assessment, co-occurring
disorders and offending/violence reduction.
Enhancing mental health programs for
mentally ill prisoners and those remanded in
custody (subject to requirements of
correctional management and health
providers)
Implementing consumer outcome measures
to monitor performance of clinical programs,
consistent with DHS policy
Strengthening and enhancing mechanisms
for consumer and carer participation in
service development
Completing at least one comprehensive and
independent clinical audit of inpatient
services
Reviewing all emergency contingency
planning in collaboration with fire brigade,
police and corrections
Performance Measures
Inpatient
Bed occupancy rate
Percentage of patients who have a physical
examination completed within 48 hours of
admission
Maintain the average length of stay achieved
in 2002-2003 for security (s16(3)(b)) and
involuntary (s12) patients
Unplanned readmission rate within 28 days
Number of admissions
Number of individual patients
Total number of separations
Number of assessments/secondary
consultations performed for other agencies,
including public mental health services
Number of psychiatric and psychological
reports prepared for Victorian courts
Number of escapes from Thomas Embling
Hospital
Percentage of patient leave episodes
involving a patient absconding
Number of category one incidents (other
than patient absconding)
Proportion of direct care staff undertaking
aggression management training within 6
weeks of commencement