❓ Question regarding funding for the Psychiatric Unit in Bunbury Regional Hospital, revealing decreasing funding despite unchanged services. The answer details funding allocations and changes due to the Activity Based Funding model.
AnsweredQoN 6302Legislative Council
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I refer to the Psychiatric Unit in Bunbury Regional Hospital, and ask —
(1) For each of 2012-13, 2012-11, 2011-10 and 2009-10, how much funding was provided by the Mental Health Commission for the operating costs of the Unit?
(2) In relation to each of the years specified in (1), what did the funding pay for?
(1) For each of 2012-13, 2012-11, 2011-10 and 2009-10, how much funding was provided by the Mental Health Commission for the operating costs of the Unit?
(2) In relation to each of the years specified in (1), what did the funding pay for?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
27 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
40 days
(1) The funding provided for the operating costs of the Psychiatric Unit in BunburyRegionalHospitalfor the following years are as follows
2009-10: $7,809,480
2010-11: $7,154,193
2011-12: $6, 867,658
2012-13: $6, 891,989
(2) For all years: Operational costs of the authorised 27 bed psychiatric inpatient unit - 6 secure beds and 21 open / voluntary beds.
NB:
· Up to and including 2009/10 budgets for the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) did not explicitly identify budgets for individual service units. The 2009/10 budget for the Bunbury Adult Psychiatric Unit was an internal historical budget allocation.
· From 2010/11budgets for major hospitals including specialised inpatient mental health services at those hospitals, have been allocated to WACHS from the Department of Health within the Activity Based Funding (ABF) model.
· Changes in funding allocations from 2010/11 are a result of changes to the ABF price per weighted separation resulting from a combination of refinements to the ABF processes, costing systems and the regional disability measures supporting the ABF model.
· A reduction in the funding allocated to the Bunbury APU has occurred with the introduction of the ABF model, however the range of services offered by the unit remains unchanged.
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2009-10: $7,809,480
2010-11: $7,154,193
2011-12: $6, 867,658
2012-13: $6, 891,989
(2) For all years: Operational costs of the authorised 27 bed psychiatric inpatient unit - 6 secure beds and 21 open / voluntary beds.
NB:
· Up to and including 2009/10 budgets for the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) did not explicitly identify budgets for individual service units. The 2009/10 budget for the Bunbury Adult Psychiatric Unit was an internal historical budget allocation.
· From 2010/11budgets for major hospitals including specialised inpatient mental health services at those hospitals, have been allocated to WACHS from the Department of Health within the Activity Based Funding (ABF) model.
· Changes in funding allocations from 2010/11 are a result of changes to the ABF price per weighted separation resulting from a combination of refinements to the ABF processes, costing systems and the regional disability measures supporting the ABF model.
· A reduction in the funding allocated to the Bunbury APU has occurred with the introduction of the ABF model, however the range of services offered by the unit remains unchanged.
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