Parliamentary QA
Annual Visits to Public and Private Mental Health Providers and Average Consultation Costs
6 November 2023
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NOTICE PAPER NO. 2344
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 6 NOVEMBER 2023
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Ms He Ting Ru
MP for Sengkang GRC
Question No. 5168
To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has data on the number of visits made on an annual basis to (i) public and (ii) private mental health providers such as psychologists in each of the last five years; and (b) whether the Ministry has data on the average consultation costs for private psychologists and counsellors.
Answer
1 The total number of visits made to psychologists in the public hospitals for each of the last five years are shown in the table below. MOH does not track the number of visits made to private mental health providers.
Table caption
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of visits to psychologists in public hospitals | 40,436 | 41,125 | 38,719 | 46,695 | 47,279 |
2 MOH does not track the consultation costs for private psychologists and counsellors.