ACTCOSS 2020 ACT Election issue brief
For a just and fair Canberra, the next ACT Government must:
- Commit to real increases in spending on frontline health services to raise ACT service standards up to those of other jurisdictions
- Through a commitment to the Wellbeing Framework and the Preventative Health Strategy, increase investment as part of the ACT’s health policy in the non-clinical needs of low-income and disadvantaged Canberrans as an acknowledgement of the social determinants of health
- Produce a blueprint for the development of the Canberra Hospital
- Design and implement a Disability Health Strategy
- More funding for sexual and reproductive health services
- Support for pain management services
- Expansion of palliative care services
- Investment in trauma informed practice and service design training for government and non-government workers
- Build a robust mental health sector that reflects Canberra’s diversity, prioritising family programs, an adolescent mental health program and sub-acute mental health services
- More investment in alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including investment in the design and construction of an Aboriginal residential alcohol and other drugs (AOD) rehabilitation facility.
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