❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service's Pathways program, revealing data on patient numbers, budget, wait times, and demographics. Highlights challenges in regional access.
AnsweredQoN 938Legislative 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 Pathways Service; (b) How many occasions of service were delivered by the Pathways Service; (c) What was the operating budget for the Pathways Service; (d) What was the average wait time to receive treatment through the Pathways Service; (e) What percentage of children accessing the Pathways Service live regionally; and (f) What percentage of children accessing the Pathways 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)
62
63
43
44
24
(b)
9,066
7,504
6,564
7,791
2,070
(c)
$3,014,476
$3,097,000
$3,224,000
$3,271,137
$3,463,480*
(d)
12.8
35.9 days
55.2 days
45.0 days
36.4 days
(e)
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
(f)
5.8%
5.6%
5.3%
13.2%
0.0%
*2025-26 Full year
The Pathways program is open to referrals from across Western Australia, however the metro-based location can make it impractical for regional families to access the service. Pathways is a day therapy program runs 3 days per week over a school term admission where patients attend face to face during clinic days at the Shenton Park location and return home in the evenings. CAMHS is actively considering how to ensure the expert support of Pathways is able to better support young people from regional Western Australia.
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2025-26 to date
(a)
62
63
43
44
24
(b)
9,066
7,504
6,564
7,791
2,070
(c)
$3,014,476
$3,097,000
$3,224,000
$3,271,137
$3,463,480*
(d)
12.8
35.9 days
55.2 days
45.0 days
36.4 days
(e)
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
(f)
5.8%
5.6%
5.3%
13.2%
0.0%
*2025-26 Full year
The Pathways program is open to referrals from across Western Australia, however the metro-based location can make it impractical for regional families to access the service. Pathways is a day therapy program runs 3 days per week over a school term admission where patients attend face to face during clinic days at the Shenton Park location and return home in the evenings. CAMHS is actively considering how to ensure the expert support of Pathways is able to better support young people from regional Western Australia.
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