AUSTRALIA
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By Annette Blackwell
March 26, 2015
Redress funds for abuse survivors should be used to expand Medicare, a royal commission has been told.
Louise Roufeil, executive manager of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), said an overhauled Medicare system was essential to properly help thousands of people traumatised by childhood experiences in care.
Dr Roufeil said the doorway to services was very narrow and entry “very difficult and when you can get in, the capacity to fully provide treatment is limited”.
Her evidence on Thursday to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse came a day after the federal government knocked back a commission suggestion that Medicare be expanded.
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