Millions of dollars in state government funding will be slashed from Victoria’s community health sector, including cuts to crucial preventative health services targeting soaring rates of vaping among young people and the obesity epidemic.
, with the state’s net debt topping $100 billion for the first time at the end of 2022.
“This is not the right time to cut funding to programs that help people stay well and out of our stretched hospital system.” “We hear from parents and schools all the time that they’re extremely concerned about vaping,” she said. “We’ve got communities that are deeply worried about the fact that their kids can’t participate in sport because the sport sports clubs aren’t disability inclusive. This is going to have a really devastating impact for us.”
“The disgracefully low investment in public and preventive health is not sustainable,” he said. “Now is the worst possible time to reduce funding in public and preventive health.” While it is understood the cuts are in the millions of dollars, the exact figures remain unclear. The government did not provide this information, despite requests fromIn a statement, a Victorian government spokesman denied the cuts were part of cost-saving measures for the incoming health budget in May. He said the changes in funding were elements of last year’s budget that were only being implemented now.
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