The recurrent budget for mental health services in 2020-21 is $2.4 billion. This focuses on improving the lives of people living in NSW with mental illness by delivering better care in hospital and making supports available for them, their families and carers, in the community.
The Government also committed to investing $700 million from 2018 in a Statewide Mental Health Infrastructure Program, to build more contemporary mental health facilities.
The NSW Government has announced an $80 million package of initiatives to strengthen mental health services during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The new mental health funding provides for targeted and practical measures to support the mental health and wellbeing of NSW residents.
Among the initiatives included in the NSW Government’s $80 million mental health support package are:
Towards Zero Suicides is an $87 million investment over three years in new suicide prevention initiatives that address priorities in the Strategic Framework for Suicide Prevention in NSW 2018-23 and contribute to the Premier’s Priority to reduce the suicide rate by 20 per cent by 2023.
The Towards Zero Suicides initiatives seek to provide leading best practice crisis care and support, build on local community resilience and improve systems and practices to reduce the suicide rate in NSW.
The Towards Zero Suicides initiatives supported in 2020-21 include:
For further information refer to Towards Zero Suicides