2002/03 Annual Service Plan Report Ministry of Health Services

Accountability Statements

Minister of Health Services

The 2002/03 Ministry of Health Services Annual Service Plan Report was prepared under my direction and in accordance with the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act. This report compares the actual results to the expected results identified in the ministry's 2002/03 Service Plan. I am accountable for the ministry's results and the basis on which they have been reported.

Honourable Colin Hansen
Minister of Health Services

June 23, 2003

Minister of State for Mental Health

I am the Minister of State for Mental Health. Under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, I am accountable for the achievement of the following results and the basis on which the related portion of the 2002/03 Ministry Annual Service Plan Report was prepared. Information on actual results will not be available until December 2003. At that time, I will release an updated accountability statement.

• Increasing the percentage of mental health clients receiving services in their own region.
• Increasing the proportion of mental health clients accessing community services.
• Ensuring no increase in the number of days spent by mental health patients in hospitals, after the need for hospital care has ended.
• Achieving a three per cent increase in the number of persons hospitalized for a mental health diagnosis who received community or physician follow-up within 30 days of discharge.
• Increasing mental health services funding (including capital) per capita by 4.2 per cent.

Honourable Gulzar Cheema
Minister of State for Mental Health

June 23, 2003

Minister of State for Intermediate, Long Term and Home Care

I am the Minister of State for Intermediate, Long Term and Home Care. Under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, I am accountable for the achievement of the following results and the basis on which the related portion of the 2002/03 Ministry Annual Service Plan Report was prepared. Information on actual results will not be available until December 2003. At that time, I will release an updated accountability statement.

• Increasing by two per cent the percentage of home and community care clients with high care needs living in their own home rather than in a facility.
• Decreasing by five per cent the percentage of days spent by patients in hospitals, after the need for hospital care has ended.

Honourable Katherine Whittred
Minister of State for Intermediate,
Long Term and Home Care

June 23, 2003