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COMMUNITY LIAISON PROGRAM
The Community Liaison Program is a 24-bed inpatient unit that serves as a primary point of entry for patients referred from both Hamilton-Wentworth's Emergency Psychiatry Service (EPS-or EPT) and the regional catchment area. The Community Liaison Program offers assessment of tertiary care patients and short-stay acute care services until transfer to appropriate specialty unit within the hospital or discharge.

Table #12 Community Liaison Program

1997/98
(actual)

1998/99
(actual)

1999/2000
(forecast)

Salaries

3,060,935

2,715,631

2,767,300

Benefits

884,302

665,688

491,200

ODOE (other direct operating expenses)

839,400

938,156

776,200

TOTAL

4,784,637

4,319,475

4,034,700

FTEs ^*

68.2

62.4

62.7

Set-Up Beds

24

24

24

Staffed Beds

NA

NA

24

Active Inpatients

21

24

24

Inpatient Days

7,242

7,504

7,550

Avg. Length of Stay (LOS)

39

44

45

Inpt. Admissions

216

183

185

Inpt. Discharges

184

149

150

Registered Outpt. (on Mar. 31/98)

1

0

0

Outpt. Direct contact (registered and non-registered)

1,483

474

600

Outpt. Indirect contact (registered and non-registered)

1,562

422

600

*Outpatient contacts (direct and indirect) may be understated due to failure to report statistics; as well the Community Liaison Program seconds 2 staff to Adult Mental Health Services of Haldimand-Norfolk and the dollars and statistics are captured in this table for 1997/98. The statistics/dollars for this community service for 1998/99, 1999/2000 are now captured under Community-Based Services on page 44.

Table #13 Community Liaison Patient activity 1998/99 by District

Brant

Haldimand-Norfolk

Halton

Niagara

Ham.-Went

NFA*

Other*

TOTAL

# of admiss.

4

1

10

29

123

12

4

183

# of disch.

5

2

5

22

103

7

5

149

# outpt. registrations

2

2

# separations

2

2

* NFA = No fixed address
*Other = outside of the catchment area

In June 1998, the Community Liaison Program completed a systematic review of all components and aspects of its service delivery. Designed to ensure the efficient coordination of service delivery across regions served, the project team included representatives from all regions of the catchment area, including Emergency Psychiatry Services (also known as EPT) at St. Joseph's Hospital. Outcomes included the definition of patients considered appropriate for regional transfer. The final report is pending.
Plans for implementation of a proposed Day Hospital Service remain "on hold" indefinitely.