Accountability Statement

The 2003/04 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 2003/04 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, 2004

Minister of State for Mental Health
Statement of Results

Under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act, the Minister of State for Mental Health was accountable for the following results. Information on actual results will not be available until December 2004, at which time they will be made public.

• Increasing the proportion of mental health patients (aged 15 to 64) who receive community or physician follow-up within 30 days of being discharged from hospital.
• Increasing the proportion of mental health services (community, physician and acute care) received by mental health clients (aged 15 to 64) that are obtained in their own health authority.

For preliminary results see pages 32 and 35.

Minister of State for Intermediate,
Long Term and Home Care
Statement of Results

Under the Balanced Budget and Ministerial Accountability Act the Minister of State for Intermediate, Long Term and Home Care, was accountable for the following results. Information on actual results will not be available until December 2004, at which time they will be made public.

• 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.

For preliminary results see pages 25 and 29.