❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service's Multi-Systemic Therapy Service, including patient numbers, service delivery, budget, wait times, and demographics.
AnsweredQoN 940Legislative Assembly
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I refer to specialist services operated by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, in each of the following fiscal years, 2021-22; 2022-23; 2023-24; 2024-25 and 2025-26, and I ask: (a) How many patients were seen by the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service; (b) How many occasions of service were delivered by the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service; (c) What was the operating budget for the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service; (d) What was the average wait time to receive treatment through the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service; (e) What percentage of children accessing the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service live regionally; and (f) What percentage of children accessing the Multi-Systemic Therapy Service identify as indigenous?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 November 2025
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
7 days
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26 to date
(a)
49
47
50
51
19
(b)
3,536
4,922
5,646
5,067
1,957
(c)
$2,020,948
$2,076,000
$2,161,000
$2,192,595
$2,321,520*
(d)
78.1 days
84.9 days
69.2 days
85.7 days
32.1 days
(e)
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
(f)
6.5%
0.0%
7.7%
10.4%
9.1%
*2025-26 Full Year
Note: In regional WA, mental health in young people is managed by the WA Country Health Services Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, in conjunction with NGOs. Behavioural and neurodevelopmental issues in young people are managed by country Child Development Services.
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26 to date
(a)
49
47
50
51
19
(b)
3,536
4,922
5,646
5,067
1,957
(c)
$2,020,948
$2,076,000
$2,161,000
$2,192,595
$2,321,520*
(d)
78.1 days
84.9 days
69.2 days
85.7 days
32.1 days
(e)
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
(f)
6.5%
0.0%
7.7%
10.4%
9.1%
*2025-26 Full Year
Note: In regional WA, mental health in young people is managed by the WA Country Health Services Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, in conjunction with NGOs. Behavioural and neurodevelopmental issues in young people are managed by country Child Development Services.
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