Health
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:
|
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) |
- 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 |
- 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% |
- 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% |