INDEPENDENT Member for Shepparton District, Suzanna Sheed has again called on the Victorian Government to release details of a report into the establishment of a residential parenting support unit for new mothers in Shepparton.
Ms Sheed wrote to Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy urging her to make the Goulburn Valley Health report public so the Shepparton district community could know where the project stands.
“During the last sitting of Parliament I asked the minister to share the report’s findings and to commit to funding a mother-baby support centre in Shepparton,” Ms Sheed said.
“While I was pleased to hear the minister’s department was working through the report’s recommendations, it is disappointing that a fortnight later, and after the department having the report for some time, we still have no details in front of us.
“The evidence is strong in our region that access to much-needed parenting services are delayed and interventions take too long and it’s important we keep this issue on the government’s agenda.”
