NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 616
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 06 MARCH 2015
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 05)
Ms L V James (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether his department has a plan to remedy the insufficient early
diagnosis of children with mental disabilities, especially those living in
disadvantaged areas; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
Yes.
Interventions to remedy the insufficient early diagnosis of children with
mental disabilities are contained in the National Mental Health Policy
Framework and Strategic Plan 2013 â 2020, which was adopted by the National
Health Council in July 2013. This plan is at different levels of
implementation in all nine provinces.
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