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 man

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16 October 2025
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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 Touchstone Service; (b) How many occasions of service were delivered by the Touchstone Service; (c) What was the operating budget for the Touchstone Service; (d) What was the average wait time to receive treatment through the Touchstone Service; (e) What percentage of children accessing the Touchstone Service live regionally; and (f) What percentage of children accessing the Touchstone Service identify as indigenous?

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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)
47
45
39
37
18
(b)
11,350
7,125
8,141
8,805
2,323
(c)
$2,713,693
$2,788,000
$2,920,000
$2,944,429
$3,117,561*
(d)
182.9 days
153.8 days
165.1 days
180.7 days
127.4 days
(e)
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
(f)
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
*2025-26 Full Year
Note: Touchstone is an in-person support service where children attend multiple sessions a week, over a six month period. Children and young people, aged 12 to 17, are referred to Touchstone by the metropolitan community CAMHS teams and is therefore not always practical for a regionally-based children or young people to be referred to the service.

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