Page 4531 - Week 12 - Wednesday, 31 October 2018

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(a) the ACT Government’s ongoing commitment to investing in mental health services for the Canberra community, with the budget for mental health services increasing each year over the past three years, including a 15 percent increase in 2018-19;

(b) the following initiatives funded in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 ACT Budgets to improve access to services for people seeking mental health support:

(i) opening of additional beds in the rehabilitation wing at the Dhulwa Secure Mental Health Unit;

(ii) investment in the Black Dog Institute’s Lifespan Suicide Prevention Program and Beyond Blue’s Wayback Support Service;

(iii) expansion of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Consultation and Liaison Service to operate seven days a week, additional funding for headspace Canberra and establishment of a youth assertive outreach service;

(iv) trial of an ACT Mental Health Recovery College to support early intervention and help facilitate experience-based learning and peer support;

(v) building new mental health supported accommodation including community houses, a step-up step-down facility and refurbishing the Extended Care Unit at Brian Hennessey House; and

(vi) expanding the Older Persons Mental Health Intensive Treatment Service;

(c) that alongside the Government’s record investments in mental health, there remains a need to improve the coordination of services across the system and across government to help people access the right service at the right time; and

(d) that while working in acute mental health settings can be challenging and present risks, the ACT Government is committed to listening to staff and improving processes so that the risk of occupational violence is minimised; and

(3) calls on the ACT Government to, by the last sitting day in 2018:

(a) table in the Assembly the Government’s response to the Independent External Review of Mental Health Inpatient Services within ACT Health, outlining:

(i) which recommendations the Government has accepted;

(ii) the Government’s timetable for implementing the recommendations it has accepted; and

(iii) which recommendations the Government does not accept, and why; and

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