Article content The action plan, touted by the province as shaping priorities and setting direction, will focus on five key areas, including evidence-based, data-driven services, service access and co-ordination, substance use and recovery, population health and wellness and service governance and accountability. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Manitoba builds on mental health services by developing five-year action plan Back to video “Over the years it’s been really clear in our community there’s a great need for mental health services,” Nancy Heinrichs, executive director of NorWest Co-op Community Health said in a press conference on Monday. “The demand continues to grow. We’ve experienced a 500% increase in requests for mental health counselling from January 2020 to March 2021. The main presenting problems of people walking through our door, or recently onto our screen, are around anxiety and depression.”