Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing services
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are specialist mental health and wellbeing services provided to consumers who experience serious mental illness or disorder.
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About the data:
The above measures look at:
- post-discharge follow up
- length of stay
- seclusion episodes.
About post-discharge follow-up
The percentage of separations from CAMHS inpatient units where a service contact was recorded within 7 days.
Includes consumers discharged to a private residence or accommodation.
Excludes consumers who attended and left hospital the same day and consumers receiving a contact on the day of separation.
About average length of stay
The average length of stay (in days) that consumers stay in a CAMHS inpatient unit.
Excludes consumers who attended and left hospital the same day and separations with a length of stay greater than 35 days.
About rate of seclusion episodes per 1,000 occupied bed days
The rate of ended seclusion episodes per 1,000 occupied bed days within CAMHS inpatient units.
Excludes consumers who attended and left hospital the same day, those who temporarily leave an inpatient unit to receive treatment from another facility, private beds, virtual wards and units that do not have a seclusion room.
A restrictive intervention may only be used after all reasonable and less restrictive options have been tried or considered and have been found to be unsuitable in the circumstances. A restrictive intervention includes seclusion, which means the sole confinement of a person to a room or any other enclosed space from which it is not within the control of the person confined to leave.
Notes
- Data source: Client Management Interface/Operational Data Store. Data extracted on 10 April 2026.
- The statewide rate of average length of stay and rate of seclusion episodes per 1,000 occupied bed days includes services at the Austin Health – Statewide Child Inpatient Unit and Monash Health – Oasis Unit.
- Data on community service hours (and contacts) between February and August 2025 were affected by industrial activity. This has impacted the Jan-Mar 2025 to Jul-Sep 2025 results for contacts in the community post-separation. Reported activity can appear lower than expected, as some consumers receiving a community service contact during these periods may not have had their contact recorded. Interpret with caution.
- Results for the current financial year are preliminary and may change from quarter to quarter. Final results will be available in November. Results from the previous financial year have been finalised.
- * No results are available.