Take-up Rate for Community Health Assessment Team's Services Since COVID-19 Pandemic

24 Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health (a) what is the take-up rate for the Community Health Assessment Team's (CHAT) services since the pandemic began; (b) whether the CHAT experience can be applied to mental health care for the wider community; (c) what is the number of referrals generated by the community mental health outreach teams set up by the Agency for Integrated Care together with community service partners in 2020; and (d) what is the strategy to ensure that older Singaporeans are accessing the mental health care they need.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: This question for oral reply has been addressed by written answer to Oral Questions 49 and 50, taken on 26 July 2021. [Please refer to "Encourage Utilisation and Expansion of Elderly Befriender Services to Reduce Elderly Suicide Rates", Official Report, 26 July 2021, Vol 95, Issue 33, Written Answers to Questions for Oral Answer Not Answered by End of Question Time section.]