SUICIDE PREVENTION

132 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (17 July 2012). With respect to 2012-13 Budget Paper 4, vol. 3, p. 32—

How much has been invested in the SA Suicide Prevention Strategy?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts): I am advised:

The South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy 2012-2016 (the Strategy) was developed within the existing resources of the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist and Mental Health Policy, Department for Heath and Ageing.

The position of Principal Project Officer, SA Suicide Prevention Strategy, Office of the Chief Psychiatrist and Mental Health Policy (one Full-Time Equivalent position), has been almost exclusively focused on the Strategy over the 18 month period.

No specific cost centre was allocated to the project to aggregate expenditure. Funding has been expended in areas including:

resources for the consultation process, such as administration, printing and information packs

administrative support for the South Australian Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Committee

employment of the Principal Project Officer

evaluation of prevention and post-vention packages by Relationships Australia.