State Budget 2024: Mental health ‘crisis response teams’ the latest measure to divert patients from hospitals

Roaming “crisis response teams” will be dispatched to the homes of West Australians experiencing mental health episodes in the latest measure to divert patients from hospital emergency departments.

The new model – which pairs a paramedic with a qualified mental health practitioner – headlines $154.6 million in new spending to drive down ambulance ramping that will be contained in next week’s State Budget.

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