❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health about the nature and capacity of a proposed eating disorder facility in Mandurah. The Minister responds defensively, highlighting their government's investment in community-based care and criticising the previous Liberal government's inaction.
AnsweredQoN 693Legislative Assembly
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EATING DISORDER FACILITY
— MANDURAH
693. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Landsdale, please do not interject.
Ms
L. METTAM : Will it be a residential
rehabilitation centre and how many beds will it have, or is it just another clinic?
— MANDURAH
693. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Ms M.M. Quirk interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Landsdale, please do not interject.
Ms
L. METTAM : Will it be a residential
rehabilitation centre and how many beds will it have, or is it just another clinic?
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Just another clinic! Just another
clinic that you never opened when you were in government. I have opened four.
Just another clinic that the Liberal Party in government never ever opened. Do
not dismiss the need for this clinic and the support it will provide. I would
happily facilitate the Leader of the Liberal Party visiting Kara Maar in Cockburn. She has never asked to visit one of
these facilities. I am more than happy to facilitate a visit for the member to see how these multidisciplinary services really work. They wrap around the
family. They have psychologists, social workers and dietitians. People do not
have to spend months and months in an inpatient facility and they are supported
to work and earn a living and participate in the community. This is a long-term
mental illness and it is deadly. All of the
evidence shows that the best way to treat it and get the best results is to
support people with really intensive support in the community, and that
is what this government is delivering.
clinic that you never opened when you were in government. I have opened four.
Just another clinic that the Liberal Party in government never ever opened. Do
not dismiss the need for this clinic and the support it will provide. I would
happily facilitate the Leader of the Liberal Party visiting Kara Maar in Cockburn. She has never asked to visit one of
these facilities. I am more than happy to facilitate a visit for the member to see how these multidisciplinary services really work. They wrap around the
family. They have psychologists, social workers and dietitians. People do not
have to spend months and months in an inpatient facility and they are supported
to work and earn a living and participate in the community. This is a long-term
mental illness and it is deadly. All of the
evidence shows that the best way to treat it and get the best results is to
support people with really intensive support in the community, and that
is what this government is delivering.
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