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MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 568

Mental Health Services

Mr Moore - asked the Minister for Health:

(1) How many people in the ACT, suffering mental illness and who have been assisted

by Mental Health Services, have subsequently been brought into the criminal

(2) How many of those in the ACT suffering mental illness and who have been assisted

by Mental Health Services were: (a) under 18 years of age; (b) between 18 and 25

years of age and (c) 25 years of age and over, at the time they first appeared before

the Courts.

(3) How many people in the ACT who have suffered mental illness and had been

assisted by Mental Health Services, were placed under the supervision of the

Director of Mental Health Services following Court appearances in (a) 1990; (b)

(4) Since 1989, how many of those (in question (4)) have received treatment by the

Mental Health Services within: (a) 6 months after a Court appearance and (b) 12

months after a Court appearance.

(5) What data is used to identify service demands and plan future service delivery by

Mental Health Services.

(6) How many ACT residents requiring mental health services under assisted

accommodation arrangements, were sent interstate.

(7) On what basis was the decision made not to provide for these people (in (6)) in the

ACT.

(8) In 1984, the Federal Minister for Health and the Capital Territory Health

Commission had indicated that the ACT required a facility to provide services and

accommodation not supplied anywhere else in the ACT (a) was Hennessy House

constructed to cater for this perceived demand; (b) if not, for what purpose was

Hennessy House constructed; (c) if so, what was the planned capacity of

Hennessy House and (d) what is the capacity of Hennessy House today.

(d) 1992 and (e) currently.

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