Mental health services are getting at $130mill boost

Industry Announcement
26 October 2021
https://www.nsw.gov.au/  

A grant of $130 million is being given to the state of NSW to boost integral mental health services following the lockdown.  

The funds will be spent on providing: 

·       Easier access to private mental health professionals 

·       Additional Headspace support services for young people 

·       Suicide prevention training for teachers and parents 

·       More mental health services for Aboriginal Australians 

·       Better quipping frontline workers responding to eating disorders 

·       Extra support for child protection practitioners at high risk of trauma 

·       Grants for local wellbeing events 

·       Help for sporting bodies to deliver mental health initiatives 

·       More beds for young people experiencing complex trauma 

·       A new multicultural mental health line 

·       Increased support for women with perinatal depression and anxiety 

·       145,000 more consults with mental health professionals 
 

More information can be found here. 

 

**Image credit: https://headspace.org.au/