Mental Health Network
The Mental Health Network was first established in 2014 and has contributed to supporting the implementation of mental health and alcohol and other drugs priorities and reform agendas.
Since then, the Mental Health Commission (the Commission) has continued to strengthen its governance of the mental health and alcohol and other drugs systems, and embed stakeholder engagement practices including:
- Establishment of a new and comprehensive mental health and alcohol and other drugs systems governance structure, including dedicated Lived Experience and Clinical Advisory Groups;
- Establishment of Assistant Commissioner advisory roles within Aboriginal Affairs, Alcohol and Other Drugs, Lived Experience Consumer and Lived Experience Significant Other;
- Development and ongoing implementation of the Commission’s Working Together: Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Engagement Framework 2018 - 2025 and Toolkit;
- Formation of time-limited advisory, steering and working groups that recruit specific expertise for specific purposes; and
- An increased focus on lived experience expertise and engagement within dedicated positions at the Commission, and representation on governance committees, steering and working groups.
As a result of these developments, the Mental Health Networks will no longer operate in the same way, with some transitioning to their own, independent Community of Practice.
The Commission will continue to prioritise stakeholder engagement moving forward, aligning priorities with fit-for-purpose approaches.
Along with our new system governance structures and engagement processes, the Commission is establishing a new online engagement platform to expand and diversify our reach.
Further information regarding the online engagement platform will be available as the project develops. If you would like to be one of the first to hear about the new platform when it is finalised, please click here.
You can register to receive our bi-monthly e-newsletter, Stakeholder Connect, to keep updated on key initiatives and opportunities to get involved. All recipients of Stakeholder Connect will be invited to join the online engagement platform once it is established.
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Eating Disorders Mental Health Network
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Multicultural Mental Health Network
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