Health

Question by: 
Hon Pierre Uys
Answered by: 
Hon Nomafrench Mbombo
Question Number: 
1
Question Body: 

a.How many mental healthcare patients were attended to at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) to date for 2016, (b) what is the bed capacity of each of the province’s psychiatric hospitals, (c) what is the average monthly bed occupancy rate of each of the specified hospitals in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) to date for 2016 and (d) what is the staff vacancy rate in the (i) medical, (ii) nursing and (iii) administrative categories of each of the specified hospitals?

Answer Body: 
  1. ANSWER:

 

Patients attended to at Primary Health Care

Attended/admitted to psychiatric hospitals

MH Patients attended/admitted to at District and Regional Hospitals

Patients attended/admitted to at Tertiary (GSH and TBH)

2014

206 161

6015

4938

1682

2015

215 662

6315

6293

1614

2016

141 584

2141 (April 2016 to July 2016)

1812 admissions (April 2016 to July 2016)

531 (April 2016 to July 2016)

 

  1. Bed Capacity

Specialised Psychiatric Hospital

Alexandra Hospital

300 beds

Lentegeur Hospital

740 beds between April and November and 722 beds between December and March

Stikland Hospital

318 beds

Valkenberg Hospital

360 beds

 

  1. Bed Utilisation Rate (BUR)

Specialised Psychiatric Hospital

(i) 2014-15

(i) 2015-16

(i) 2016-17 (to date)

Alexandra Hospital

79%

84%

86%

Lentegeur Hospital

86%

88%

87%

Stikland Hospital

92%

93%

97%

Valkenberg Hospital

102%

103%

102%

 

  1. Vacancy rate 1 January to 30 September 2016:

 

Hospital

OSD-Category

1 January to 30 September 2016

Filled

Funded

Total

Vacancy Rate

Stikland Hospital

Allied Health

24

1

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2%

 

Doctors

24

0.38

25

 

Engineering & Related

3

 

3

 

Nursing

190

2

194

 

Pharmacists

3

 

3

 

Pharmacists-Assistant

2

 

2

 

Social Workers

10

 

10

 

Staff Exc from OSD

163

2

163

Stikland Hospital Total

Grand Total

419

5.38

424

New Beginnings House

Allied Health

2

 

2

 

Part of Stikland

Nursing

19

 

19

 

 

Social Workers

1

 

1

 

 

Staff Exc from OSD

5

 

5

 

New Beginnings House Total

 

27

 

27

0%

Valkenberg Hospital

Allied Health

24

3

28

 

Excluding William Slater

Doctors

29

 

29

 

 

Engineering & Related

3

 

3

 

 

Nursing

239

1

240

 

 

Pharmacists

3

 

3

 

 

Pharmacists-Assistant

2

 

2

 

 

Social Workers

10

1

11

 

 

Staff Exc from OSD

128

6

134

 

Valkenberg Hospital Total

Grand Total

441

8

449

1.8%

William Slater House

Allied Health

1

 

1

 

Part of Valkenberg

Nursing

16

 

16

 

 

Social Workers

1

 

1

 

 

Staff Exc from OSD

3

 

3

 

William Slater House Total

Grand Total

20

0

21

0%

Alexandra Hospital

Allied Health

13

 

13

 

 

Doctors

5

 

5

 

 

Engineering & Related

 

3

3

 

 

Nursing

181

6

187

 

 

Pharmacists

2

 

2

 

 

Pharmacists-Assistant

1

 

1

 

 

Social Workers

3

 

3

 

 

Staff Exc from OSD

135

4

139

 

Alexandra Hospital Total

Grand Total

340

13

353

3.7%

Lentegeur Hospital

Allied Health

46

2

48

 

 

Doctors

31

1

32

 

 

Engineering & Related

3

1

4

 

 

Nursing

437

10

447

 

 

Pharmacists

3

 

3

 

 

Pharmacists-Assistant

3

 

3

 

 

Social Workers

13

1

14

 

 

Staff Exc from OSD

183

8

191

 

Lentegeur Hospital Total

Grand Total

719

23

742

3.1%

 

Date: 
Friday, September 30, 2016
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