❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the implementation of the National Action Plan on Mental Health, specifically regarding clinical providers, community coordinators, COAG involvement, homeless services, and housing units. The response indicates initial implementation delays but clarifies details on intergovernmental collaboration and resource allocation.
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NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON MENTAL HEALTH
Following the release of the national action plan on mental health 2006-11 in July 2006 - (1) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a clinical provider with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY
Following the release of the national action plan on mental health 2006-11 in July 2006 - (1) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a clinical provider with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(1) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a clinical provider with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(4) No. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
(1) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a clinical provider with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(2) How many people in Western Australia with a mental illness have been allocated a community coordinator with the role and responsibilities specified in the plan? (3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(3) Has a Council of Australian Governments mental health group been convened; and, if so, who participates in the group? (4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(4) Are the homeless clinical services, at a cost of $1 million, outlined in the Western Australian section of the action plan in addition to the support for 50 homeless people in the Western Australian health strategy 2004-07? (5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(5) Is the provision of 60 housing units for the independent living program a year over and above the 120 detailed in key initiative 4(d) in the “Western Australian Mental Health Strategy 2004-2007”? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(1)-(2) Nil; the commonwealth and state governments are determining the implementation process. (3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(3) The first meeting of the WA COAG mental health group was convened on 1 September 2006. The group includes representation from the state and commonwealth governments, which includes, from Western Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department of Health, the Disability Services Commission, the Department for Community Development, the Department of Housing and Works and the Department of Corrective Services; and from the commonwealth government, the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Department of Education, Science and Training, and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. (4) No. (5) Yes.
(4) No. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
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