Annual Visits to Public and Private Mental Health Providers and Average Consultation Costs

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has data on the number of visits made on an annual basis to (i) public and (ii) private mental health providers, such as psychologists, in each of the last five years; and (b) whether the Ministry has data on the average consultation costs for private psychologists and counsellors.

The total number of visits made to psychologists in the public hospitals for each of the last five years are shown in the table below. The Ministry of Health (MOH) does not track the number of visits made to private mental health providers.

MOH does not track the consultation costs for private psychologists and counsellors.