Breakdown of Closed Cases of COMIT and CREST Programmes by Sessions and Proportion of Drop-out Cases

Dr Hamid Razak asked 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.

In 2024, the Community Intervention Team (COMIT) and Community Resource, Engagement and Support Team (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 below. The Ministry of Health does not track the number of drop-outs or reasons for discontinuing services.