Improving our health system is a key priority of the Hodgman Liberal Government.
I am very pleased to announce that the upcoming state Budget will contain more than $16 million in additional funding for the mental health sector, over and above the $11.7 million additional investment in mental health in previous Hodgman Liberal Budgets.
This new funding will be used for important community-sector services, including:
The mental health packages of care are statewide and cover at risk children and youth, adults with complex needs and adults with severe and persistent mental illness, and were previously funded by the Australian Government.
These important services support vulnerable Tasmanians to live in their communities, which improves their overall social and emotional well-being and keeps more hospital beds available for other unwell Tasmanians.
Ensuring all Tasmanians have access to mental health services is just another way we are Building Tasmania’s Future by caring for our most important asset, our people.
The Hodgman Government understands the impact of mental health issues on the individual, their family and community, and continued funding of important services will go some way to helping at this difficult point in their life.