MEDICAL POLICY – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Doubt over mental health plan

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 11 : 4-Dec-14

The Western Australian Government will seek submission on its mental health plan until March 2015. Mental Health Minister Helen Morton estimates that at most the reforms will cost $A600m. The Australian Medical Association notes that the 10-year plan fails to resolve the state’s shortage of psychiatrists, while Alison Xamon of the WA Mental Health Association believes that additional mental health services should be made available more quickly

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INCORPORATED

Give our girl cannabis

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Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 32 : 5-Sep-14

Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames opposes the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Shellie Martin wants to give her epileptic daughter the banned drug to control her seizures. Martin notes that about 7,000 of the 24,000 epilepsy sufferers in the state experience uncontrollable seizures. Opposition Leader Mark McGowan favours the use of cannabis by people with chronic or terminal medical conditions

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL

Labor proposes cannabis relief for very ill

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The West Australian – Page: 6 : 7-Jul-14

The Australian Labor Party’s state conference in Western Australia (WA) on 6 July 2014 heard from leader Mark McGowan on the medicinal use of cannabis. He pledged to introduce legal reform if elected, which would mean terminally or chronically ill patients can be prescribed tablets or sprays to help them manage pain and other symptoms. While Premier Colin Barnett had in 2009 also backed such use of cannabis, WA Health Minister Kim Hames has now rejected McGowan’s push. The Australian Medical Association in WA believes more research is needed first

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA), WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION