Careful planning is required to ensure new resources for mental health lead to better consumer care
Both the Productivity Commission into Mental Health1 and the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (RCVMHS)2 acknowledge that mental health services have been in the grip of a protracted resourcing drought.
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