Co-location of mental health service with acute care hospital code N

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Co-located

Co-located health services are those that are established physically and organisationally as part of an acute care hospital service. There are two forms of co-location:

• a health service that is built and managed as a ward or unit within an acute care hospital; or
• the health service operates in a separate building but is located on, or immediately adjoining, the acute care hospital campus.

In the second option, units and wards within a psychiatric hospital may be classified as co-located when all the following criteria apply:

• a single organisational or management structure covers the acute care hospital and the psychiatric hospital;
• a single employer covers the staff of the acute care hospital and the psychiatric hospital;
• the location of the acute care hospital and psychiatric hospital can be regarded as part of a single overall hospital campus; and
• the patients of the psychiatric hospital are regarded as patients of the single integrated health service.