Update on Community Health Assessment Team (CHAT) services

27 July 2021

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Name and Constituency of Member of ParliamentMr Leon PereraMP for Aljunied GRC

Question No. 1411

To ask the Minister for Health (a) what is the take-up rate for the Community Health Assessment Team's (CHAT) services since the pandemic began; (b) whether the CHAT experience can be applied to mental health care for the wider community; (c) what is the number of referrals generated by the community mental health outreach teams set up by the Agency for Integrated Care together with community service partners in 2020; and (d) what is the strategy to ensure that older Singaporeans are accessing the mental health care.

Written Answer

This question for oral reply has been addressed by written answer to Oral Questions 49 and 50, taken on 26 July 2021.