Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we do have a fairly high number of beds available on a per capita basis. I guess research would indicate that not one type of treatment program serves the best results for everybody. Some people respond really well to residential treatment programs and other people respond to different kinds of treatment. I think we need to make sure that we have a variety of services available. One of the advantages of the mobile treatment program, which is something fairly recent and fairly new, is that people are able to stay in their own communities and be able to receive this treatment, as opposed to going away from their families. The rate of return or the incidence of people coming back, relapsing and coming back in residential treatment is also fairly high. So like I said we could always be doing more, resources permitting, but we have not fully taken up the capacity and the various options we have available now for people. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2001. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 20th, 2001
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