17 May 2022

Budget: $100m to mental health and addiction services

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 17 May 2022

The government has made more pre-budget promises - this time committing $100m to specialist mental health and addiction services.

The money will cover community based crisis services, enhance existing specialist child and adolescent mental health and a $10-million dollar boost to workforce development.

Māni Dunlop spoke to the Health Minister Andrew Little, who announced the spend this morning.