25 March 2024

Discussion paper: Establishing a Vibrant Community Mental Health System in the ACT: Foundational Supports and Out of Hospital Care

There are not yet clear definitions for either ‘foundational supports’ or ‘out-of-hospital services’ in relation to mental health. In this paper by foundational supports we mean those services which reduce a person’s likelihood of needing lifelong access to public insurance such as provided by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Out-of-hospital services are those which should diminish the likelihood a person becomes a frequent, dependent user of expensive, often traumatic hospital-based mental health services.

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