1.9: Mental Health Strategy
Prioritise mental health as a key area for investment and reform. Other Information:
The ACT Government has prioritised mental health as a key area for investment and reform. The 2008–09 Budget provided $8.5
million over four years in recurrent funding for expanded mental health services, and $37.6 million in capital funding over
four years for mental health facilities. These include an adult acute inpatient unit, a secure adult unit, a mental health
assessment unit and the design of an inpatient mental health facility for young people. The ACT Government is also committed
to new and innovative models of care and recognises, for example, that correctional facilities are not optimal places for
management of forensic mental health patients. Work is under way to prepare for the mental health needs of the broader community
in the future. Underpinning this new approach will be a new Mental Health Act. Current legislative provisions are the subject
of a detailed review to be concluded in 2009.
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