Regions Ready for Key Mental Health Initiative
A key plank of the Australian Government’s $2.2 billion mental health reform package is a step closer with preferred applicants being selected for the $550 million Partners in Recovery program.
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5 April 2013
A key plank of the Gillard Labor Government’s $2.2 billion mental health reform package is a step closer with preferred applicants being selected for the $550 million Partners in Recovery program.
Minister for Mental Health, Mark Butler, said the program would provide coordinated support and flexible funding for people with severe and ongoing mental illness with complex support needs.
“The last thing people with severe mental illness, their families and carers need is to battle with multiple service systems,” Mr Butler said.
“Partners in Recovery is designed to pull together services like income support, housing, employment, medical care and education which can often lack coordination.”
So far lead organisations in 49 of the 61 Medicare Local regions are ready for stage one of the Partners in Recovery rollout, with further work occurring in the remaining regions.
“The fact that so many regions have been successful in the first round of the application process is really encouraging and confirms their readiness to use the program to pull together services and improve the systems’ response to the people who need it most.”
Mr Butler said contract negotiations with the successful applicants would now begin and funding for the program to roll out shortly after.
The Department of Health and Ageing will work with the 12 remaining regions to ensure they are ready for the full roll-out of the program.
“This will allow additional time for these regions to finalise their Partners in Recovery models and to put in place the arrangements that will ensure the strong partnerships needed for this program.”
Further details on the Partners to Recovery program are available at the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing website
For more information contact the minister’s office on 02 6277 7280
Medicare Local regions to be funded under Stage 1
| State/Territory | Medicare Local Region |
|---|---|
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| New South Wales | Central Coast NSW |
| New South Wales | Sydney North Shore and Beaches |
| New South Wales | Eastern Sydney |
| New South Wales | Illawarra - Shoalhaven |
| New South Wales | North Coast NSW |
| New South Wales | Murrumbidgee |
| New South Wales | Inner West Sydney |
| New South Wales | Northern Sydney |
| New South Wales | South Western Sydney |
| New South Wales | South Eastern Sydney |
| New South Wales | Southern NSW |
| New South Wales | Western NSW |
| New South Wales | Western Sydney |
| New South Wales | Nepean - Blue Mountains |
| New South Wales | New England |
| New South Wales | Hunter |
| Northern Territory | Northern Territory |
| Queensland | Central and North West Queensland |
| Queensland | West Moreton – Oxley |
| Queensland | Far North Queensland |
| Queensland | Central Queensland |
| Queensland | Greater Metro South Brisbane |
| Queensland | Darling Downs - South West Queensland |
| Queensland | Metro North Brisbane |
| Queensland | Sunshine Coast |
| Queensland | Wide Bay |
| Queensland | Gold Coast |
| South Australia | Central Adelaide and Hills |
| South Australia | Country North SA |
| South Australia | Northern Adelaide |
| South Australia | Southern Adelaide - Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island |
| Tasmania | Tasmania |
| Victoria | Gippsland |
| Victoria | Grampians |
| Victoria | Hume |
| Victoria | Loddon - Mallee - Murray |
| Victoria | Lower Murray |
| Victoria | Northern Melbourne |
| Victoria | South Eastern Melbourne |
| Victoria | Eastern Melbourne |
| Victoria | Frankston - Mornington Peninsula |
| Victoria | Inner East Melbourne |
| Western Australia | Fremantle |
| Western Australia | Goldfields – Midwest |
| Western Australia | Perth Central and East Metro |
| Western Australia | Perth North Metro |
| Western Australia | Bentley – Armadale |
| Western Australia | South West WA |
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