The budget for mental health services in 2022-23 is $2.9 billion. This focuses on improving the lives of people living in NSW with mental illness by delivering better care in hospital and making supports available for them, their families and carers, in the community.
In the 2022-23 NSW State Budget, $73.3 million was allocated as part of the $700 million Statewide Mental Health Infrastructure Program, to build more and better co-designed contemporary mental health facilities in NSW.
People in rural and regional NSW have been impacted by the combined effects of drought, bushfire, floods and COVID-19. In response, the NSW Government is continuing a range of programs to support people and communities including:
The NSW Government has announced a Mental Health Recovery Package of $130 million in October 2021. These initiatives address the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on the people of NSW in 3 key priority areas: supporting young people and families, boosting system capacity to meet demand, helping communities to lead the recovery. Key initiatives from 2021-22 include: