Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC)

What is the MHEC?

The Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) collects a range of establishment information from Hospital and Health Services, including consumer and carer participation, the types of services provided, available bed numbers, patient activity data, FTE numbers and service expenditure. This information is reported through the MHEC NMDS.

MHEC Manual

Reference yearDocumentFormatSize
2025-2026Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) Manual 2025-2026 (coming soon)  
2024-2025 Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) Manual 2024-2025 PDF 3.3MB
2023-2024 Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) Manual 2023-2024 PDF 3.2MB
2022-2023 Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) Manual 2022-2023 PDF3.2MB
2021-2022 Mental Health Establishments Collection (MHEC) Manual 2021-2022 PDF 3.3MB


Previous manuals can be found in the Data collection manuals archive.

Contact

Email: MHEC@health.qld.gov.au

Last updated: 20 March 2026