Mental Health Services

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:41): Further supplementary: what is the minister's response to concerns from the Mental Health Coalition, or does he also ignore their concerns in the same way he ignores the questions in this place?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:41): The government very directly responded to the concerns of the Mental Health Coalition by funding them. The Marshall Liberal government has funded the Mental Health Coalition up to $95,000 to undertake a pilot project that will help inform SA Health policy and processes in relation to the transition and NDIS processes and future funding arrangements to support service continuity. That is because we accept that this is a challenging environment for service providers. It's not just a challenging environment for service providers, it's a challenging environment for service providers, consumers and for state government providers commissioning services.

But we all need to work together. This was always going to be a challenge, but it's a very important transition. Is the former Labor government, now the Labor opposition, now spreading fear and misinformation, suggesting that we should abandon the NDIS transition? Well, if that's what they want, that's what they should say.