Reporting on the Mental Health Act 2016
The Chief Psychiatrist's annual report is prepared in compliance with Section 307 of the Mental Health Act 2016. It's prepared for the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and is tabled by the Minister in the Legislative Assembly.
The Chief Psychiatrist is required to report on and include statistical data from all authorised mental health services about how many people received involuntary assessment, treatment, care or detention. This includes data on the following.
- Involuntary assessments
- Examination authorities
- Treatment authorities
- Forensic orders
- Treatment support orders
- Psychiatrist reports
- Seclusion and mechanical restraint
- Patient absence without approval
- Compliance with policies.
Statistical data is mainly from the Consumer Integrated Mental Health and Addiction (CIMHA) application and reported through the Mental Health and Addiction Portal (MHAP).
Annual reports
Before the Mental Health Act 2016 took effect, the Director of Mental Health was required to prepare an annual report under the repealed Mental Health Act 2000.
You can get copies of archived reports from the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist via MHA2016@health.qld.gov.au.
Open data
The Queensland Government is committed to releasing as much public service data as possible. You can search for and view other public service data on the Open Data Initiative website.
You can also find other Queensland Health reports including the departments annual report and performance data.