Hobart Clinic Rokeby

The Hobart Clinic involved a staged redevelopment of an existing mental health clinic. Previously providing 24 hour care for up to 27 Mental Health inpatients and an expanding day program. This configuration was not consistent with efficient staffing models, which require an inpatient ward to be in multiples of eight, with an optimum size of 48 patients.

It was proposed that the redeveloped facility would provide additional inpatient beds in sufficient numbers to meet the current and future demands of the services provided. This comprised six clusters of eight beds each, with three staffing hubs.

The day programs offered by the Clinic currently cater to up to 60 people per day, and the redeveloped facility, to meet the growing demand, is designed to accommodate 100 people per day, separate from the inpatient care unit.

Psychiatric consultant services are offered with seven consultant rooms currently, and it was anticipated this would need to be increased to eleven or twelve consultant rooms.

Consulting rooms and day program areas are to be located together to facilitate patient access and to consolidate reception areas and non bed based services. Separate entries were provided for the inpatients and day program and consulting room wings.