❓ Ms Mettam questions the Minister for Mental Health about the lack of funding for multidisciplinary community intensive treatment services recommended to reduce emergency department presentations, despite a 2020 review. The Minister responds by highlighting the government's record funding and initiatives in mental health.
AnsweredQoN 207Legislative Assembly
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MENTAL HEALTH —
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS
207. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to evidence provided to the
Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations last week in relation
to the recommendations from the Chief Psychiatrist's 2020 Targeted
review . Two and a half years on, why is there still no funding to provide the
three vital multidisciplinary community intensive treatment services
recommended to reduce emergency department presentations and inpatient
admissions?
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS
207. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to evidence provided to the
Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations last week in relation
to the recommendations from the Chief Psychiatrist's 2020 Targeted
review . Two and a half years on, why is there still no funding to provide the
three vital multidisciplinary community intensive treatment services
recommended to reduce emergency department presentations and inpatient
admissions?
AnswerView source ↗
I am very proud of this government's
record on mental health. We have injected record funding into mental health
services across the state—record funding. A range of work is occurring
around emergency departments. We are prioritising those emergency department
diversions, with the infant, child and adolescent task force to support
children who are presenting with mental health issues and provide a more
appropriate environment for them than an emergency department. I am absolutely
proud of our record on mental health. We have a record increase in funding for
mental health; we have started the journey on infant, child and adolescent
reform for mental health for children and
young people; and we had a significant uplift in staffing across our public
mental health system over the last
two years, directly with the child and adolescent mental health service and, in
our regional centres, through the WA Country Health Service. We also run
the emergency telehealth mental health service, CAMHS Crisis Connect, and a range
of other important crisis services for children and adults in the mental health
space.
record on mental health. We have injected record funding into mental health
services across the state—record funding. A range of work is occurring
around emergency departments. We are prioritising those emergency department
diversions, with the infant, child and adolescent task force to support
children who are presenting with mental health issues and provide a more
appropriate environment for them than an emergency department. I am absolutely
proud of our record on mental health. We have a record increase in funding for
mental health; we have started the journey on infant, child and adolescent
reform for mental health for children and
young people; and we had a significant uplift in staffing across our public
mental health system over the last
two years, directly with the child and adolescent mental health service and, in
our regional centres, through the WA Country Health Service. We also run
the emergency telehealth mental health service, CAMHS Crisis Connect, and a range
of other important crisis services for children and adults in the mental health
space.
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