TY - JOUR
T1 - Intense pressure on the Royal Hobart Hospital after psychiatric bed cuts
AU - Benjamin, Richard
AU - McArthur, Milford
AU - Judd, Fiona
AU - Auchincloss, Stephane
AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun
AU - Allison, Robert
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) has a proud history, commencing service in 1804, and moving to its current site in 1820. The hospital provides a full suite of tertiary healthcare services, including acute inpatient care for those suffering with psychiatric illness in the south of the state. However, much of the hospital is outdated, and significant renovations have been undertaken, with a major new tower currently being built. To accommodate the new tower, an older block was demolished. This block had housed 42 general adult (aged 18–64) acute psychiatric beds in total, an 8-bed psychiatric intensive care unit, and a 34-bed open unit, which catered for a general adult population of just under 160,000. These units had adequately catered for the needs of the local adult population for nearly 20 years and were only occasionally bed-blocked.
AB - The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) has a proud history, commencing service in 1804, and moving to its current site in 1820. The hospital provides a full suite of tertiary healthcare services, including acute inpatient care for those suffering with psychiatric illness in the south of the state. However, much of the hospital is outdated, and significant renovations have been undertaken, with a major new tower currently being built. To accommodate the new tower, an older block was demolished. This block had housed 42 general adult (aged 18–64) acute psychiatric beds in total, an 8-bed psychiatric intensive care unit, and a 34-bed open unit, which catered for a general adult population of just under 160,000. These units had adequately catered for the needs of the local adult population for nearly 20 years and were only occasionally bed-blocked.
KW - psychiatric bed cuts
KW - Royal Hobart Hospital
KW - acute psychiatric care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043402456&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0004867418759423
DO - 10.1177/0004867418759423
M3 - Letter
SN - 0004-8674
VL - 52
SP - 494
EP - 495
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -