Mental health and wellbeing are as important as our physical health. NSW Health is leading efforts to create mental health services that best serve the people who need it. Mental Health is a priority area for the NSW Government, with over two in five (44%) Australians aged 16-85 experiencing a mental illness at some time in their life*.

This award recognises and showcases work in improving the quality and safety of mental health patient care within programs and services which display:

  • best practice, excellence, and innovation in mental health service delivery
  • development of consumer-focused services
  • positive mental health and wellbeing through consumer and carer participation
  • strengthened prevention and early intervention
  • community-based care practices, striking a better balance between care provided in hospitals, and that provided in the community
  • integration between mental health and other providers including justice and human services.

*Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing.


Current as at: Monday 8 May 2023
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