❓ Hon Martin Pritchard questions the decrease in the average cost per day for a sub-acute mental health bed and whether savings were reinvested. The Minister explains the decrease was due to increased bed occupancy, not cost-cutting.
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I refer to the average cost for a bed per day in a sub-acute unit, which has
dramatically decreased from an actual of $830 per day in 2013-2014 to $612 in
2014-2015, and I ask: (a) were the savings made reinvested into funding additional sub-acute beds; and (b) if no to (a), why not?
dramatically decreased from an actual of $830 per day in 2013-2014 to $612 in
2014-2015, and I ask: (a) were the savings made reinvested into funding additional sub-acute beds; and (b) if no to (a), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
28 April 2016
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
64 days
(a) No
(b) The decrease from an actual of $830 per day in 2013/14 to $612 in 2014/15 was the result of increased bed occupancy in 2014/15 compared to bed occupancy in 2013/14. Therefore the average cost per bedday was reduced because more beddays were provided in 2014/15 in comparison to 2013/14.
(b) The decrease from an actual of $830 per day in 2013/14 to $612 in 2014/15 was the result of increased bed occupancy in 2014/15 compared to bed occupancy in 2013/14. Therefore the average cost per bedday was reduced because more beddays were provided in 2014/15 in comparison to 2013/14.
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