After the former premier took over as chair at the youth mental health service, Orygen, which he funded when he was premier, things have fallen apart. Advertisement…Health and Community Services Union Victorian branch secretary, Paul Healey, said mental health staffing and bed shortages meant young consumers were falling through the cracks. “Victorians pay a dedicated Mental Health and Wellbeing Levy because Labor told them every dollar was needed to rebuild a broken system. AdvertisementTo paraphrase, it advised shifting mental health care from the centralised medical model to decentralised community-based services. This situation is a mental health hazard in itself.