House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-11-12 Daily Xml

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Drug and Alcohol Services

In reply to Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (18 July 2014). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries):

There are no referrals from the courts or Families SA in relation to the Police Drug Diversion Initiative, as in that program it is the police officers themselves who organise the referral for a health intervention.

In 2013-14, the number of episodes in which the referral source was shown as 'other community/health care services', which could include referrals from the courts or Families SA, was 353 relating to 339 clients. This number includes 114 episodes relating to the Driver Assessment Clinic, with referral made by the court.