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COVID Vaccine Plan firms direction
The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the National COVID Vaccine Campaign Plan in providing stronger and more detailed directions for Australia to counter the pandemic.
“We still face uncertainty about the future impact of the COVID virus and how best to thwart it, but the public release of the Plan, backed by the Doherty Institute’s modelling, provides the community with some assurance that there is a firmer base on which to proceed,” the CEO of the Consumers Health Forum, Leanne Wells, said today.
“The plans and modelling are detailed and complex and while that may be of necessity, there is still much we can do to get an effective message and access to vaccination for all Australians.
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Mental health promises in the federal budget are contingent on deals with the states and territories that have not yet been negotiated and on a boosted workforce that does not yet exist, raising doubts that the extra funding will fix systemic problems.
Tuesdayâs budget included a $2.3bn mental health package which is being touted by the federal government as âthe largest single mental health and suicide preventionâ plan in budget history. It will see $278m spent on 10 new Headspace clinics for youth, while $298m allocated to suicide prevention will include a new National Suicide Prevention Office.
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