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I thought there was no one else like me : Push to build peer support into mental health overhaul
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I thought there was no one else like me : Push to build peer support into mental health overhaul
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The final report and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System will be tabled on Tuesday, 2 March, 2021 prior to an historic joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament.
The Parliament will hear directly from Chair, Penny Armytage AM, Professor Patrick McGorry AO and a member of the Victorian community with lived experience of mental illness.
This joint sitting will be held at the Royal Exhibition Building to ensure all members of parliament can attend adhering to CovidSafe rules. It will also enable those witnesses and participants in the commission to attend this significant event.
As the nation continues to deal with the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, this joint sitting ensures the report is given the dedicated attention it deserves.
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Thousands of Victorians with severe mental illness spent more than eight hours waiting in emergency departments before being admitted to a psychiatric care bed.
Mental Health Minister James Merlino conceded on Tuesday the wait times were ânot good enough and Victorians deserve betterâ as new data showed the government had failed to meet its target of admitting 80 per cent of mental health patients within eight hours for the past six years.
âNot good enoughâ: Mental Health Minister James Merlino, pictured with the Premier, on the latest data.
Credit:Luis Ascui
âLike many parts of our current mental health system, these wait times are completely unacceptable to me and only further illustrate the need for our broken mental health system to be rebuilt from the ground up,â Mr Merlino told
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Alistair Gabb had already tried to take his life on a few occasions when he went to a regional hospital emergency department in the middle of the night.
âMy expectation was I just need some psychological help and I need it now and this is the way I can get it. Otherwise, itâs just going to end up badly.â
Mr Gabb, a farmer from Skipton, 45 minutes west of Ballarat, fed his dogs before he left, figuring if he didnât make it, they would be OK until his parents found them in the morning.
âSo, thatâs the point I was at.â
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