FOI 25-0449 LD – Headspace Port Lincoln

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This FOI release contains internal Department of Health correspondence and a headspace services relocation status report from January 2025. The documents discuss the relocation of headspace Port Lincoln, a youth mental health service in South Australia that was upgraded from a satellite to a full centre in 2023. The correspondence from July 2024 indicates a funding dispute between the Primary Health Network (PHN) and Local Area (LA) regarding underspends from the original centre upgrade, with the LA planning to purchase a new purpose-built site using its own funds and expecting the PHN to contribute remaining underspends. Establishment meetings were on hold as of March 2024 pending clarification of the funding situation. The January 2025 status report notes the relocation was on hold pending recommissioning, with an expected completion date of 30 June 2025 and no site yet identified.