BREAKDOWN OF CLOSED CASES OF COMIT AND CREST PROGRAMMES BY SESSIONS AND PROPORTION OF DROP-OUT CASES

NOTICE PAPER NO. 659

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE PARLIAMENT SITTING ON 8 APRIL 2026

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Dr Hamid Razak

MP for West Coast-Jurong West GRC

Question No. 1249

To ask the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry can provide the distribution of closed cases for both the COMIT and CREST programmes by (i) zero sessions (ii) one session (iii) two to four sessions (iv) five to 10 sessions (v) 11 to 20 sessions and (vi) above 20 sessions; and (b) the proportion of cases classified as drop-outs.

Answer

1          In 2024, COMIT and CREST managed more than 15,000 cases and 18,000 cases, respectively. In that same year, 46% and 36% were discharged or had discontinued services with COMIT and CREST respectively. The distribution of sessions conducted for such cases is in Table 1. The Ministry of Health does not track the number of drop-outs or reasons for discontinuing services.

Table 1: Distribution of Sessions conducted for Cases seen by COMIT and CREST before Discharge/Discontinuing of Services in 2024