Fifth National Mental Health Plan

Hi everyone,

On Tuesday night we hosted one of our most popular Topic Tuesday sessions. The topic was Mental Health Reform and we were lucky enough to have @FrankGQuinlan, CEO at Mental Health Australia (MHA) join us.

For those interested in reading the draft of the Fifth National Mental Health Plan, you can find it here (For those viewing this through our app, copy and paste http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/8F54F3C4F313E0B1CA258052000ED5C5/$File... in your internet browser)

Some of the big issues talked about on Tuesday night included:

Safety in hospitals
Quality of services
How do carers get involved when they are worried about a loved one?
Transparency
10 bulk billed appointments with a psychologist isn't enough

It was an amazing session, which you can read in full here

A big thanks to @Former-Member @PSW @Andra @theaveragejoe @Former-Member @Hans @Zoe7 @Phoenix_Rising @Former-Member @BlueBay @MelLeighD @Arjay @Peta @leitor @matsionoah @MMHReal @GlassHalfFull @Aonaran @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Kurra who voiced their thoughts and opinions, and shared some heart breaking and some uplifting experiences.

If you're interested in reading Frank's latest blog on mental health reform, you can check it out here (https://mhaustralia.org/newsletters-bulletins/ceo-update-its-time-fix-mental-health)

Please feel free to continue Tuesday's discussion here -

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