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People with severe mental health conditions are being denied access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Guardian Australia reports that care has been denied to people diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, severe depressive disorders and anxiety, leading to a higher rate of people with mental illnesses being turned down for care. Victorian community mental health peak body Vicserv claimed the national disability insurance agency, which assessed thousands of cases a month to determine who was eligible for care under the NDIS, was staffed by just eight people …

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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper