MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION
—''INTEGRATED ATLAS OF MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOL AND OTHER
DRUGS''
876. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the ''Integrated Atlas of Mental Health, Alcohol and Other
Drugs'', the development of which was initiated in 2016 through a
partnership between the WA Primary Health Alliance and the Mental Health
Commission.
(1) When will the integrated atlas
be launched?
(2) Given that a considerable
amount of time has passed since the initial information needed to populate the
atlas was collected, how can the minister be assured that the information
contained in the integrated atlas remains current?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The Mental
Health Commission has completed a comprehensive review of the integrated atlas
and has subsequently approved its publication, recommending it is utilised by
the WA Primary Health Alliance and the Mental Health Commission for planning
and policy purposes. The MHC and WAPHA are now in discussion regarding a publication
date with an expectation that this will occur in October 2018.
(2) The completed
integrated atlas includes only services that are considered stable—that
is, those that have been funded for more than three years or have funding
secured for three years—with 20 per cent or more clients with a mental
health diagnosis. The underlying data within the atlas is therefore unlikely to
have varied significantly. The Mental Health Commission is continuing to liaise
with WAPHA to determine options for updating the atlas in future.