National Mental Health Reform 2011-12
Priorities and new Initiatives
- Foreword
- Highlights
The Challenges- A new approach – A ten year roadmap for mental health reform
Priorities and new Initiatives- Improving outcomes for people with severe and debilitating mental illness
- Strengthening primary mental health care services
- Strengthening the focus on the mental health needs of children, families and youth
- A National Partnership Agreement on Mental Health
- Increased economic and social participation by people with mental illness
- Ensuring quality, accountability and innovation in mental health services
The Government has consulted widely with experts in the health and non-health fields, including through a time-limited Mental Health Expert Working Group, informed by robust Australian and international research. The Government also established a senior level advisory committee within government that spanned across a wide range of relevant portfolios and which reported to heads of Departments. The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing has travelled the country since his appointment, hearing directly from mental health consumers, carers and service providers about their experiences. This advice has informed the development of the following reforms and will shape the ten year reform roadmap to be finalised later this year.