My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Health.

This week the Premier and ministers have announced life-changing reforms around making ADHD diagnosis and treatment across Victoria easier, faster and more affordable for families. I

 know from personal experience but also from constituents who have contacted me that seeking support for ADHD and facing a system that can be quite complex, slow and also costly has really caused stress for many families and individuals. Adults have been required to seek psychiatric support.

Children may have needed to see paediatricians or a clinical psychologist, and they can wait months and obviously pay a lot of money to have that assessment. These are barriers that have really left people without care when they needed it.

Under these changes we have explained to the community that GPs will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD in children aged six and over and adults following accredited training. This is going to make a difference.

I have had so many people reach out to me since our announcement thanking our government for making these changes and sharing their stories of what they have experienced.

The action that I seek is for the Minister for Health to provide an update on how these reforms will be implemented locally, including how GP training and services availability will support families across our Bellarine communities.