Fact Sheet
Summary of Restructuring Health Services in Brant County


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Table of Contents
  1. Summary of Total Bed/Service Requirements
  2. Summary of Total Reinvestments and Savings

1. Summary of Total Bed/Service Requirements

Hospital Bed Numbers, Brant County

Bed Category

Actual (1995/96)
1997/98 Projected Operating Plan
Recommended to 2003

Acute

276 196 173

Projected Growth*

- - 22

Acute Mental Health

36 30 21

Longer-Term Mental Health

0 0 14**

Complex Continuing Care

132 124 64

Local Rehabilitation

22 22 21***

Regional Rehabilitation

0 0 5**

Sub-Acute Care

- - 23

Total

466 372 343

ICUs (included in acute bed number)

17 13 15

Operating Rooms

10 9 11
* estimate only for purposes of sizing physical plant
** location of these beds in Hamilton
*** one bed to be located in Hamilton for transition to independent living place

Impact of Proposed Planning Guidelines on the Distribution of Long-Term Care Services in Brant

 
Current beds/ places 1995 Proposed beds/places to 2003 Change
#%
Complex Continuing Care

130

64

(66)

38% decrease

Long-Term Care

744

890

146

20% increase

Supportive Housing/Long-Term Home Care

904

1,152

248

27% increase

2. Summary of Total Reinvestments and Savings

Reinvestment Summary

Home Care

$1.1 million

Long-Term Care

$2.7 million

Sub-Acute Care

$1.7 million

Mental Health Services

$0.9 million

Information Technology Systems

tbd

TOTAL

$6.4 million

Estimated Costs of Capital Investment

New Construction $8.7 million
Renovations $4.2 million
Ancillary Costs $2.9 million
Site Development $0.6 million
Furnishings & Equipment $4.2million
Total Capital Estimates $20.6 million

Summary of Total Expenses and Savings

1995/96 Net Expenses * $80,749,556  
Clinical efficiencies
($3,992,203)  
Reallocation of other expenses
$306,905  
Support services efficiencies
($1,146,962)  
Administrative efficiencies
($4,311,542)  
Site closure
($597,724)  
Mental health savings
($928,727)  
Rehabilitation savings
($306,771)  
Complex continuing care savings ($5,455,079)  
TOTAL SAVINGS ($16,432,104) 20.3%
REVISED EXPENSES $64,317,462  
* Net Expenses from OCDM

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