Ontario Forensic Mental Health Bed Registry has been developed by the Ministry of Health to meet the needs of various stakeholders to the Forensic Mental Health System. These include Crown Attorneys, who require information on availability of assessment resources in order to assist the court with the creation of appropriate Dispositions and Orders; provincial Forensic Program Directors, who require information on availability of resources throughout the system to assist them with matters they bring before the Ontario Review Board; and the Ministry of Health that requires information about forensic system bed use to assist with system coordination and design.
Different users require different information. Access authorizations are determined by these needs.