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Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children and Adolescents aged 0-18 years in Western Australia (ICA Taskforce)

Background

The independent Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children and Adolescents aged 0-18 years in Western Australia (ICA Taskforce) was created in response to the tragic death of 13-year-old Kate Savage in 2020.

The ICA Taskforce was charged with investigating the pressures and demands on the state’s mental health system and reporting to Government on how to ensure children receive the treatment and care they need, when they need it.

The Final Report of the Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children and Adolescents aged 0 – 18 years in Western Australia was released in March 2022 and outlined a framework to transform the mental health system into a contemporary, evidence-informed model of service and models of care that meet the needs of children in WA from the day they are born through to their 18th birthdays.

The Government is committed to implementing all 32 recommendations, and to the state-wide, system-wide reform of infant, child and adolescent mental health services.

The Taskforce and its Advisory Groups

The ICA Taskforce was led by an independent chair and has actively engaged children, young people, families, clinicians, support providers, and other key stakeholders in the design of public specialist child and adolescent mental health services for infants, children and adolescents aged 0 – 18 years that fit the unique metropolitan, regional, rural and remote circumstances of WA.

The members of the Taskforce were:

Independent Taskforce Chair, Robyn Kruk AO
Mental Health Commissioner, Ms Jennifer McGrath
Child and Adolescent Consultant Psychiatrist, Professor Helen Milroy
Chief Medical Officer - Mental Health, Dr Sophie Davison
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Dr Robina Redknap
Chief Executive of the CAHS, Dr Aresh Anwar
Chief Executive of the WA Country Health Service (WACHS), Mr Jeffrey Moffet
Consumer lived experience representative, Ms Georgia Anderson
Family/carer lived experience representative, Ms Wendy Cream
Clinical representative, Dr Pradeep Rao

The taskforce has been guided by over 100 members across three advisory groups - lived experience, clinical and interagency. A list of expert advisory group members can be found here;

If you have any questions or comments, email ica.implementation@mhc.wa.gov.au

Final Report - Ministerial Taskforce into Public Mental Health Services for Infants, Children and Adolescents aged 0 – 18 years in WA