New Mental Health, Eating Disorder Clinic Opens in Peel
The Peel Community Mental Health Service and Kara Maar Specialist Community Eating Disorder Service clinic in Greenfields in Mandurah has now reached practical completion.
The project marks a major step forward in expanding capacity and improving access to mental health and eating disorder support across the Mandurah and Peel region.
The Peel Community Mental Health Service will offer a comprehensive continuum of care, supporting individuals through assessment, acute intervention, ongoing clinical treatment, psychosocial support and specialised rehabilitation to promote recovery, independence and longterm wellbeing.
Kara Maar's Specialist Community Eating Disorder Service will provide evidencebased assessment, treatment and physical health monitoring for people aged 16 and over who are experiencing or showing signs of an eating disorder. The service will offer multidisciplinary outpatient care, nutritional and meal support, and work collaboratively with patients, families and carers to support safe, sustained recovery.
Funded through the Commonwealth's Community Health and Hospitals Program, the new clinic will bring together clinicians and support teams in a contemporary, research-backed environment designed to support recovery and will be operated by the State.
This forms part of the government's commitment to expanding healthcare services in the region and includes the construction of a new hospital for the Mandurah and Peel regions at the current Peel Health Campus site. The new hospital will deliver:
As stated by Senator for Western Australia Ellie Whiteaker:
"For families in Mandurah and across the Peel region, this means earlier intervention and improved access to specialist support. No one should have to travel long distances or face extended waits to receive care for a serious mental health condition.
"Through targeted investment under the Community Health and Hospitals Program, the Albanese Labor Government is helping to deliver modern health infrastructure. Supporting local access to coordinated, evidence-based care in a purpose-built environment."
As stated by WA Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey:
"Our government remains deeply committed to expanding the capacity of our health and mental services right across Western Australia. This facility is another example of that.
"We want to make sure that people are able to get the help they need in a coordinated and supportive space, which is what this clinic will provide for people living in and around Mandurah and Peel.
"Importantly, this project forms part of our government's broader commitment to delivering the health infrastructure our community needs both now and into the future.
"That includes a new hospital for the Mandurah and Peel regions at the current Peel Health Campus site, which forms part of our government's record $4.9 billion health infrastructure program."
Quotes As put by WA Health and Mental Health Minister Meredith Hammat:
"This new clinic in Mandurah will make a real difference to so many Western Australians and their families who will be able to access care here, closer to home.
"The Peel Community Mental Health Service will provide wraparound support for people at every stage in their recovery journey, from initial assessment through to long-term rehabilitation and wellbeing.
"I'm particularly proud that Kara Maar's Specialist Eating Disorder Service will now be available to people aged 16 and over in this region. Eating disorders are serious, complex conditions and having access to evidence-based, multidisciplinary care locally will make a real difference to individuals, their families and carers.
"This clinic is part of a much larger picture for Mandurah and Peel. Combined with the new hospital being delivered at the Peel Health Campus, we are building a genuinely comprehensive health system for this community - one that addresses both physical and mental health needs."
Quotes to As put by Mandurah MLA Rhys Williams:
"Establishing a specialist facility in Greenfields for the first time is a major milestone for our Mandurah.
"The strongest outcomes are achieved when acute hospital care is supported by well-resourced community services, and this project brings both together.
"This new clinic forms part of our broader plan to ensure Mandurah's health infrastructure keeps pace with growth and delivers the care our community deserves."
Quotes to As put by Dawesville MLA Lisa Munday:
"As a paramedic and psychologist, I witnessed firsthand the profound effect mental health and eating disorders have on individuals and their families.
"Kara Maar's Specialist Eating Disorder Clinic and the Peel Mental Health Service Clinic are both very welcome additions to our community and much needed resources for the Dawesville electorate.
"Specialist clinics like this provide early, evidence-based treatment, coordinate multidisciplinary care and support both patients and families improving recovery outcomes and helping prevent serious physical and psychological harm."
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook Labor Government/Joint-media-statement---NEW-MENTAL-HEALTH-AND-EATING-DISORDER-CLINIC-IN-PEEL-COMPLETED-20260221
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