Mental Health Reform fact sheets

As part of the Mental Health Reform, NSW Health is working collaboratively with other government agencies, non-government organisations and private sector organisations to ensure programs and services are better integrated and expertise is harnessed to enhance service delivery for people with mental illness. ​

To strengthen mental health care in NSW, the Government will focus on the following key projects:

Strengthening prevention and early intervention

 Adolescent Community Integration Team

 NSW School-Link Coordinator ​

​A greater focus on community-based care

 Assertive Community Care​

 Specialist Mental Health Services for Older Perso​ns

 Specialist Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services 

 Getting On Track In Time

 Whole Family Teams

 Consultation Liaison Services

 Community Living Supports

 HASI Plus ​

 Mothers with Mental Illness (Mums and Kids Matter)

 Emergency Care Rural Access (24/7 Telehealth)

Developing a more responsive system

 Project Air

 Eating Disorders

 Intellectual Disability and Mental Health

Working together to deliver person-centred care

 LikeMind

 Peer Workforce Coordinator

 NSW Mental Health Workforce Plan​

Strengthing mental health care in NSW

 NSW Mental Health Reform $95million Fact Sheet 2017/18

 Strengthening mental health care in NSW

 Wellbeing in schools

 Increasing specialist clinical mental health services in the community

 Expanding psychological community living supports

 Assisting long-term patients to live in the community

 Strengthening specialist support for people with complex needs

 Local innovation and performance

 Investing in research

 Investing in workforce