Australian Government - National Mental Health Commission

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Monitoring and Reporting
Monitoring and Reporting

A core function of the Commission is independent monitoring and reporting on the extent to which people with lived experience of mental illness are supported to live contributing lives.
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Submission to draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032

Reflections on a journey of change
Projects
Projects

The Commission plays an ongoing role in collaborating across the sector to drive system improvements and play a key role in monitoring and reporting on mental health reform.
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National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

National Workplace Initiative
Lived Experience
Lived Experience

It is through listening to those providing services, those who fund services, and most importantly, those who use services that we will find the information we need to move towards the mental health system Australia needs.
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Safety and Quality Engagement Guide

Lived Experience Workforces
National Suicide Prevention Office
National Suicide Prevention Office

The NSPO sets strategic directions, builds capabilities, supports cross jurisdiction and cross portfolio action and reports on the agreed outcomes.
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National Suicide Prevention Adviser Final Advice

National Suicide and Self-Harm Monitoring System

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Heather D'Antoine

Commissioner

Heather has 25 years of experience in health services as a registered nurse and midwife and as a health service manager in both Aboriginal health services and general health services across Western Australia.

Heather has worked extensively in health research: at the Institute for Child Health Research and at Menzies School of Health Research. She has clinical qualifications in general nursing and midwifery and academic qualifications in health economics.

Heather’s research interest is in maternal and child health. She is particularly focused on the area of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and other birth defects. Heather has worked with a research team on a number of projects in this area including describing what health professionals and women know and do about alcohol and pregnancy and FASD. She has been involved with developing and evaluating resources for health professionals and developing a model of care for FASD in Western Australia.

In 2022, Heather was appointed as a Commissioner to the National Mental Health Commission Advisory Board.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Commission acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands throughout Australia.
We pay our respects to their clans, and to the elders, past present and emerging, and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, sea and community.

Diversity

The Commission is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health services. The Commission welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Lived Experience

We acknowledge the individual and collective contributions of those with a lived and living experience of mental ill-health and suicide, and those who love, have loved and care for them. Each person’s journey is unique and a valued contribution to Australia’s commitment to mental health suicide prevention systems reform.