healthier lives in the ndis john feneley mental health comissioner nsw
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Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health
July 2015 John Feneley, Mental Health Commissioner
NSW Mental Health Commission
• Established July 2012
• Gladesville Hospital
• Monitor, review and improve the mental health system
• Mental illness and mental health & well-being • Whole of government, whole of population, whole of life
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How the Commission works
• Raise the profile of mental health• Concerns of consumers and carers are a priority • Acts as a ‘‘catalyst’’ within the sector• Has a mandate to monitor the sector• Undertakes specific quality improvement and
research projects
The Commission does not• Provide services• Control funds or other resources related to services• Develop policy on behalf of NSW Health or any other
government agency
A strategic plan for mental health
• 10 year vision • Whole-of-life and whole-of-
Government approach.• Modelled on principles of
recovery and person-centred care.
A commitment to reform
“The NSW Government today committed to a once-in-a-generation overhaul of mental health care service delivery... The Government has accepted all actions outlined in the Commission’s Plan.”
NSW Premier Mike Baird,15 December 2014
Directions for reform1. The right type of care
2. Getting in earlier
3. Better responses
4. Making it local
5. Putting people first
6. Care for everyone
7. Supporting reform
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Intellectual disability
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Intellectual disability
“It’s a disability blindness. People see one disability
and they don’t see anything else ... It’s an
error in thinking, and it can be a fatal error of thinking.”
Michele
Actions from the Strategic Plan • Implement Accessible Mental Health Services for People with
an Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Providers. • Training in the recognition, assessment, referral pathways and
treatment for people with an intellectual disability and mental illness for all staff in mental health and disability services.
• Develop strategies to adjust from present NSW Health / ADHC relationship in view of NDIS implementation.
• Develop a recovery-oriented model of care for the provision of public mental health services to people with an intellectual disability
• Develop accessible information for people with an intellectual disability and their families and carers about mental health services
Key Considerations with NDIS
• Recovery-oriented care under the NDIS• Commonwealth, NDIA, and State
responsibilities• Caring for the most vulnerable.
