Matt Doocey: Minister of Mental Health on mental health and addiction specialists being trialled in emergency departments
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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Mental health experts and addition specialists will begin working in emergency departments as part of a trial, as confirmed by the Government.
They'll start out in four large hospitals in July and the scheme will be rolled out across the country, if proven successful.
The Minister for Mental Health, Matt Doocey, says it's clear that the Peer Support workforce needs to be scaled up.
"What we want to do is roll out this new service. It is untested, we want to build the evidence in it."
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