There are some changes coming to the delivery of mental health in this Province. The Department of Health is out with it’s response to the Mental Health Task Force Report. They include an increase to operation funding provided to 26 community-based mental-health activity centres by close to $200,000 starting this fiscal year. The Department of Health has also taken steps to improve integration among key provincial departments including itself, Social Development, Public Safety, Education and Justice and Consumer Affairs.
Also, a new mental-health strategy will be developed and finalized in the spring. The task force began it’s work back in May of 08 and released it’s report back in February.
