Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (mental health consumer workers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]

Salary and wage payments for all employees of the establishment (including contract staff employed by an agency, provided staffing data is also available).

Generally, salary data by staffing categories should be broadly consistent with full-time equivalent staffing numbers. Where staff provide services to more than one hospital (for Public hospitals establishments NMDS) or service unit (for Mental health establishments NMDS), their salaries should be apportioned between all hospitals to whom services are provided on the basis of hours worked in each hospital.

Salary payments for contract staff employed through an agency should be included under salaries for the appropriate staff category provided they are included in full-time equivalent staffing. If they are not, salary payments should be shown separately.

Health expenditure:

Salaries and wages invariably constitute the major component of recurrent and, indeed, total expenditure for establishments are vital to any analysis of health expenditure at the national level. The categories correspond with those relating to full-time equivalent staffing which is a requirement for any proper analysis of average salary costs.

This is to include all paid leave (recreation, sick and long-service) and salary and wage payments relating to workers compensation leave.

Salary data for contract staff, provided the contract is for the supply of labour (e.g. nursing) rather than products (e.g. photocopier maintenance), should be shown under the appropriate staff salary category provided that corresponding staffing (full-time equivalent) data is available. If not, it should be shown separately.

Mental health consumer workers are persons employed (or engaged via contract) on a part-time or full-time basis, i.e. the person received a salary or contract fee on a regular basis. It does not refer to arrangements where the consumer worker only received reimbursements of expenses or occasional sitting fees for attendance at meetings.

Mental health consumer workers employed at the jurisdictional or regional level are considered in-scope. Salary costs should be apportioned between all establishments, as deemed appropriate by the jurisdiction (full-time-equivalent staff figures should be apportioned on the same basis).

Note: This code is only to be reported for the Mental Health Establishments NMDS.

For Public hospital establishments NMDS data are to be reported in a category according to specific state and territory arrangements.

Is used in the formation of Establishment (mental health)—recurrent expenditure (total salaries and wages) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

Supersedes Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (consumer consultants) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

Has been superseded by Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (mental health consumer workers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Health, Standard 20/01/2021

Mental health establishments NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
ACT Health, Final 17/08/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021