TRANSCULTURAL MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE
614. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Mental Health:
I refer to ''A model for an
effective and sustainable state-wide Transcultural Mental Health Service for Western
Australia: Project Proposal: May 2018'' submitted to the Mental Health
Commission last year.
(1) Has the Mental Health Commission
endorsed the proposal?
(2) If yes to (1) —
(a) when does the commission expect
to develop a business case for the model; and
(b) has money been allocated in the
2019–20 budget for progressing the proposal?
(3) If no to (1) —
(a) when will a decision on the
proposal be made; and
(b) what steps are being taken to
finalise a mutually agreeable model?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) No.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) (a) The
Mental Health Commission and the WA Primary Health Alliance have reviewed the
model and recently agreed that it not be progressed in its current state.
(b) Consideration
is currently being given to a process for the development of service principles
that will embody appropriate transition pathways for people from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds across all services.