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The Government's highlighted an Achilles' heel with a $664 million mental health programme that's missing targets.
Labour's 2019 'Wellbeing' Budget saw the Access and Choice Programme receive its funding over five years.
It's aiming to support 325 thousand people per year, but during 2023-24 saw just over 207 thousand.
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey told Andrew Dickens utilization is a weak point.
He says a warm handover to GPs is good for those who need to be seen urgently, but it means there's a workforce being under used.
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