❓ Ms. Davies asks about progress on a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in the Great Southern region, as outlined in the 2015-2025 Mental Health plan. The Minister confirms discussions are ongoing but provides no specific timeline or site identification, highlighting the government's broader investment in step-up/step-down facilities across WA.
AnsweredQoN 874Legislative Assembly
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STEP-UP, STEP-DOWN MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY —
GREAT SOUTHERN
874. Ms
M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the ''Western Australian
Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015–2025'',
which highlights that the great southern region requires at least 16
rehabilitation beds by 2025. Has this government commenced the identification
of a site and/or planning for a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation
facility in Albany or the great southern; and, if not, why not?
GREAT SOUTHERN
874. Ms
M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to the ''Western Australian
Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015–2025'',
which highlights that the great southern region requires at least 16
rehabilitation beds by 2025. Has this government commenced the identification
of a site and/or planning for a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation
facility in Albany or the great southern; and, if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I can confirm for the member that
we have had discussions with organisations about such a service. From that perspective, I cannot tell the member where those
conversations are up to, but I can certainly confirm that that sort of service is on our radar. They are important
services, because we know that we need to make sure that we can provide mental health services for people in the regions
in which they live. That is the reason we opened the six-bed step-up , step-down facility in Albany in 2018. I have since
had the pleasure of opening the 10-bed Bunbury step-up, step- down
facility with the member for Bunbury, and soon we will be opening a 10-bed
facility in Kalgoorlie and a six-bed
step-up, step-down facility in Geraldton. Both are coming on at great speed.
But we do not stop there. After that,
we will be opening up a step-up, step-down facility in Karratha and one in
Broome. These are part of an extensive program of making sure we have
good subacute mental health services in the communities in which people live,
right throughout the state. In addition to that, on behalf of the member for
Geraldton, I would like to thank the McGowan government for its commitment to
the redevelopment of the Geraldton Health Campus and the creation of mental health services in Geraldton. These are
not only acute services, but also, as I said, subacute services in those step-up, step-down facilities. I commend the member for the question. It is
important that we have mental health services in all our regions, including the
great southern, and I am very proud to say that the McGowan government is right
on top of that particular goal.
we have had discussions with organisations about such a service. From that perspective, I cannot tell the member where those
conversations are up to, but I can certainly confirm that that sort of service is on our radar. They are important
services, because we know that we need to make sure that we can provide mental health services for people in the regions
in which they live. That is the reason we opened the six-bed step-up , step-down facility in Albany in 2018. I have since
had the pleasure of opening the 10-bed Bunbury step-up, step- down
facility with the member for Bunbury, and soon we will be opening a 10-bed
facility in Kalgoorlie and a six-bed
step-up, step-down facility in Geraldton. Both are coming on at great speed.
But we do not stop there. After that,
we will be opening up a step-up, step-down facility in Karratha and one in
Broome. These are part of an extensive program of making sure we have
good subacute mental health services in the communities in which people live,
right throughout the state. In addition to that, on behalf of the member for
Geraldton, I would like to thank the McGowan government for its commitment to
the redevelopment of the Geraldton Health Campus and the creation of mental health services in Geraldton. These are
not only acute services, but also, as I said, subacute services in those step-up, step-down facilities. I commend the member for the question. It is
important that we have mental health services in all our regions, including the
great southern, and I am very proud to say that the McGowan government is right
on top of that particular goal.
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