Mental health funding must be quarantined from the government's $450 million budget cuts, Labor says.
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Labor's health spokeswoman Sarah Lovell believes $8 million could be cut which is "the last thing our mental health system needs right now".
"Mental health services must be quarantined from the razor gang," Ms Lovell said.
"So far it seems only the tourism marketing budget has been quarantined which shows how seriously out of whack their priorities are with the Tasmanian community's priorities.
"Mental health is a huge issue for Tasmania which has among the worst rates of suicide in the country.
"Hospital emergency departments are at breaking point, often with mental health patients who can't get appropriate care in the community."
Minister for Health and Wellbeing Jeremy Rockliff says Treasury is still working with departments to identify cuts.
"There is strong focus on minimising the impact on service delivery and looking at expenditure such as consultants, travel, and advertising, together with targeted vacancy control and natural employee attrition, without affecting frontline essential services," Mr Rockliff said.
"Over the next four years, the Government will invest a record $590.7 million into mental health, and since coming to government our total investment in mental health support in our schools is an unprecedented $81 million.
"Further, since 2014 we have placed an extra 65 FTEs mental health support workers, including psychologists, social workers and nurses, into our schools for the benefit of our students.
"There is no one single solution to dealing with mental health issues which is why we have taken a holistic, multi-faceted approach to supporting students who need help.
"We will continue to invest record levels in services to benefit Tasmanians."
Ms Lovell said early intervention and prevention was "vital in protecting a young person's mental health".