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❓ Hon Martin Pritchard questions the WA government on how savings were made when the average cost of a bed per day for people with mental illness in community supported residential accommodation was below target. The answer attributes this to variable occupancy rates and service funding reconfiguration.

AnsweredQoN 3839Legislative Council

Asked

24 February 2016

Member

Hon Martin Pritchard

Portfolio

Mental Health

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I refer to the
average cost of a bed per day for people with mental illness living in community
supported residential accommodation that was below the target of $247 at $238, the
same actual cost in 2013-2014, and I ask how were
these savings made?

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Answered

28 April 2016

Responded by

Minister for Mental Health

Response time

64 days

While average occupied bed day cost was lower than expected, program-wide savings were not made as the funding provided was in line with the target set. The result was mainly due to variable occupancy rates across the funded services, resulting in a higher than expected number of bed days provided over the year and a reconfiguration of service funding in the 2014/15 financial year.

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