Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health 2025-26 annual report
- Total revenue and income from transactions
- $245.3 million
- Printed as $245,273 thousand · Report, page 66
Summary
The report's own summary: Report from the Board Chair and Chief Executive, pages 5 to 9
Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, known as Forensicare, reported on 2025–26, providing specialist mental health care at the intersection of health and justice.
Forensicare reported practical completion of construction for 82 new secure mental health beds at Thomas Embling Hospital.
It reported that 19 men awaited hospital admission at 30 June 2026, with an average wait of 374 days.
Forensicare reported a positive overall service experience for 65% of consumers, below its target of 80%.
The institute reported 909 full-time equivalent active employees at 30 June 2026.
In the body's own words
- Conclusion
Late in 2025, Forensicare achieved full compliance against the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
Finances 4
Total revenue and income from transactions
$245,273 thousand
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Total revenue and income from transactions 245,273 396,827
Total expenses from transactions
$(213,980) thousand
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Total expenses from transactions (213,980) (187,350)
Employee expenses
$(169,564) thousand
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Employee expenses 3.1 (169,564) (155,663)
NET RESULT FOR THE YEAR
$32,159 thousand
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NET RESULT FOR THE YEAR 32,159 209,571
Staff 1
Total
909 FTE
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Speech Pathologist 0 2 1 4 Spiritual Care 1 1 1 1 Total 909
Executives and remuneration 3
Total number of executives
9
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Total number of executives (i) 9
Total remuneration
$3,131 thousand
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Total remuneration 3,131
Total compensation - KMP's
$4,130 thousand
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Total compensation - KMP's (i) 4,130
Consultancies 25
the total expenditure incurred during 2025-2026 in relation to these consultancies
$1,279,568
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The total expenditure incurred during 2025-2026 in relation to these consultancies is $1,279,568
Base Services Group Pty Ltd
$44,736
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Unit Refurbishment Extension Plan $44,736 $44,736
Base Services Group Pty Ltd
$8,663
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Independent Commissioning Agent Consultancy - Expansion Project $123,733 $8,663 $1,267
Ben Paul Hoogenboom
$24,000
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Data Insights Project $24,000 $24,000
Collective Engineering Company Pty Ltd
$27,000
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Engineering Consultancy (Boiler replacement - Building D&E) $27,000 $27,000
Communicorp Group Pty Ltd
$17,010
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Critical Incident Model $17,010 $17,010
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
$101,280
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Privacy Framework $101,280 $101,280
Cox Inall Ridgeway Pty Ltd
$42,000
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First People Workforce Strategy $62,500 $42,000 $20,500
Group Elephant Australia Pty Ltd
$74,114
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Dayforce Implementation Project $650,000 $74,114 $575,886
KPMG
$35,000
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Grant Revenue Recognition Accounting Review $35,000 $35,000
JRPO Associates Pty Ltd
$117,273
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Strategic Advice to Board $117,273 $117,273
Mercer Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd
$17,600
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Work Value Assessments $17,600 $17,600
MBMpl Pty Ltd
$19,620
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Unit Refurbishment Extension Plan $19,620 $19,620
Nexon Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
$25,710
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Penetration Testing $25,710 $25,710
Robyn Nicole Murn
$16,500
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Medical Workforce Review $16,500 $16,500
Passion Energy & Performance Pty Ltd
$18,500
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Management Skills Program design $18,500 $18,500
Pixel Perfect Pty Ltd
$14,400
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Probity for Work Wear Tender $14,400 $14,400
Roman Ruzbacky & Associates
$21,000
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Gender Equality Action Plan $21,000 $21,000
Superior Software for Windows Pty Ltd
$287,592
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Data Insights Project $300,000 $287,592
The Trustee for Code Black Trust
$43,050
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Positive Behaviour Support Plan $43,050 $43,050
The Trustee for Macutex Unit Trust
$99,120
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Asset Management Plan Development $99,120 $99,120
The Trustee for Sedo Unit Trust
$41,000
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Electronic Security Tender Support $41,000 $41,000
The Trustee for Sedo Unit Trust
$50,000
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Procurement Strategic Support $50,000 $50,000
The Trustee for Sedo Unit Trust
$54,400
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Catering & Cleaning Procurement Support $158,400 $54,400 $104,000
Workwell Consulting
$80,000
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Strategic Framework $80,000 $80,000
Other figures 6
As of 30 June 2026, Forensicare was responsible for the supervision and treatment of
204 people
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Forensicare was responsible for the supervision and treatment of 204 consumers subject to orders under the CMIA
Admissions to Custodial Mental Health Units
991
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Admissions to Custodial Mental Health Units 991
Peer reviewed journals published by Forensicare and the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
88
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Peer reviewed journals published by Forensicare and the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science 88
Admissions to Thomas Embling Hospital
176
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Admissions to Thomas Embling Hospital 176
Discharges from Thomas Embling Hospital
188
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Discharges from Thomas Embling Hospital 188
Pre-sentence court reports
226
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Pre-sentence court reports 226
About the document
- Edition
- Current edition
- Reading status
- Read by OPAX
- Pages
- 117
- Figures not found in the report
- Executive band; Head remuneration; Staff headcount