Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare
Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare
Annual Report 2004-2005 - Forensicare
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LOOK HOW WE HAVE GROWN…<br />
As an organisation, <strong>Forensicare</strong> has experienced significant<br />
growth in the seven years since our inception as a statutory<br />
authority, and in the five years since the opening of the<br />
Thomas Embling Hospital. Seven years ago, forensic mental<br />
health services were provided by the Department of Human<br />
Services, and Forensic Services was a small operational<br />
unit located within the Mental Health Branch. We had a<br />
small community program, and our inpatient services<br />
consisted of 58 beds in aged units located within the Mont<br />
Park complex at Rosanna.<br />
While we initially concentrated our attention on the<br />
commissioning and bedding down of the Thomas Embling<br />
Hospital (opened in April 2000) and on the establishment<br />
of our new organisation, we have continued to provide<br />
a broad and increasing range of services without any<br />
substantial increase in resources. This profile demonstrates<br />
our service level activities over the last five years – the<br />
trends are self-evident.<br />
<strong>Forensicare</strong> has not been spared the service demand<br />
pressures experienced by our general mental health<br />
colleagues in recent years. Since 2002, we have<br />
endeavoured to respond to the demand pressures in a<br />
strategic manner, and as an integral component of Victoria’s<br />
public mental health service. We began re-directing<br />
resources, both clinical and training, to area mental health<br />
services, while at the same time, focussing our efforts<br />
on systems improvements to optimise our service<br />
responsiveness to demands from the criminal justice system.<br />
There is little sign that the service demand will not continue<br />
to grow. We will continue to strive for improved productivity,<br />
while developing and managing our services in a manner<br />
which adds value and maximises resource utilisation. We<br />
are quickly reaching a point however, where maintaining<br />
current service levels, let alone facilitating growth, is posing<br />
difficulties. In the absence of additional resources and<br />
service system enhancements, the current situation is not<br />
sustainable.<br />
Number of prisoners seen<br />
Thomas Embling Hospital – Occupied Bed Days<br />
40,000<br />
30,000<br />
20,000<br />
10,000<br />
0<br />
1998 -<br />
1999<br />
1999 -<br />
2000<br />
Occupied bed days<br />
2000 -<br />
2001<br />
2001 -<br />
2002<br />
Prison Mental Health Service –<br />
Melbourne Assessment Prison<br />
6,000<br />
5,000<br />
4,000<br />
3,000<br />
2,000<br />
1,000<br />
0<br />
2000 -<br />
2001<br />
2001 -<br />
2002<br />
2002 -<br />
2003<br />
2002 -<br />
2003<br />
2003 -<br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
2003 -<br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
Reception Assessments<br />
Referrals for mental health care and treatment<br />
* number of client contacts funded by Department of Human Services since<br />
2002-2003 – 13,900.<br />
<strong>2004</strong> -<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
Total possible occupied bed days<br />
Community Forensic Mental Health Service –<br />
Client Contacts*<br />
20,000<br />
15,000<br />
10,000<br />
5,000<br />
0<br />
1998 -<br />
1999<br />
1999 -<br />
2000<br />
2000 -<br />
2001<br />
<strong>Report</strong>s Prepared for Courts<br />
2001 -<br />
2002<br />
2002 -<br />
2003<br />
2003 -<br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
<strong>2004</strong> -<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
<strong>2004</strong> -<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
600<br />
500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
2000 -<br />
2001<br />
2001 -<br />
2002<br />
2002 -<br />
2003<br />
2003 -<br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
<strong>2004</strong> -<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
Note – this excludes reports prepared for the Office of Public Prosecutions,<br />
Adult Parole Board, Community Corrections and area mental health services.<br />
Assesments Performed for Area Mental Health<br />
Services and Other Agencies<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
Thomas Embling Hospital, <strong>Forensicare</strong>’s 100-bed secure<br />
inpatient facility, was opened in April 2000.<br />
0<br />
2000 -<br />
2001<br />
2001 -<br />
2002<br />
2002 -<br />
2003<br />
2003 -<br />
<strong>2004</strong><br />
<strong>2004</strong> -<br />
<strong>2005</strong><br />
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