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  • 17 Apr 2019

    WAAMH Submission: Productivity Commission Inquiry

    WAAMH's Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the 'Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health'. This submission is based on a range of resources, including academic research; existing WAAMH papers and submissions; existing WAAMH consultation findings; and, feedback and insights from wide consultation with people in the mental health, alcohol and other drug (AOD) and other relevant sectors, including people with lived experience, families and carers.

  • 16 Apr 2019

    Media Release: National report exposes further holes in NDIS transition

    WAAMH has raised concerns based on report findings released by The University of Sydney and Australia’s coalition of community mental health peaks, Community Mental Health Australia that show a significant inadequacy of support for thousands of people living with serious mental illness in Australia, currently left outside of the NDIS.

  • 11 Apr 2019

    Media Release: Funding injection into sustainable health promising but missing the right balance

    WAAMH welcomes today’s announcement from the State Government to direct $23.1 million towards mental health recommendations from the Sustainable Health Review, and further funding for decommissioning Graylands Hospital and establishing Recovery Colleges, however we continue to see the majority of investment still being directed at hospital beds, reinforcing old structures.

  • 10 Apr 2019

    WAAMH’s Submission to the 10 Year Plan Update

    WAAMH outlines what it welcomes in the Plan Update and areas of serious concern surrounding a lack of progress, focus and prioritisation in other areas.

  • 08 Apr 2019

    WA Market Review Submission

    This submission focuses on the development of robust markets for people with psychosocial disability. It is informed by WAAMH’s NDIS Sector Reference Group, comprehensive ongoing engagement with members and psychosocial stakeholders including consumer and carer representative organisations, and WAAMH’s WA Market Review round table event held with David Cullen, Chief Economist to the NDIS, on Tuesday 26 March 2019.

  • 21 Mar 2019

    Media Release: NDIS funding extension welcome but delays still cast doubts in WA

    WESTERN Australia’s peak body for mental health, the Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) welcomes today’s announcement from the Federal Government to extend funding for community mental health programs, which support thousands of people with psychosocial disability, while the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is rolled-out in WA.

  • 20 Feb 2019

    WAAMH Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS

    In this submission, WAAMH provides evidence to the committee about some of the most urgent and pressing issues in the context of psychosocial disability and the NDIS in WA, and the scheme's delays here in the west. We request three specific urgent recommendations are made by the committee to support the scheme to reach its objectives for people with psychosocial disability in WA.

  • 28 Nov 2018

    Complex Trauma - a vision for a treatment response to address lifelong mental health outcomes

    WAAMH in partnership with Anglicare WA and WA Council of Social Services hosted a free information evening with leading complex post-traumatic stress disorder specialist, Associate Professor Dr Roger Gurr to discuss a national fidelity-based model of treatment responses, specialist services and an evidence-based clinical model for tackling complex childhood trauma and adverse mental health outcomes and discuss implications for Western Australia.

  • 20 Nov 2018

    Balance the Basics: WAAMH Pre-Budget Submission 2019-2020

    An effort to restore balance to the mental health system, and prioritise investment in prevention and community support, has shaped WAAMH's core asks for government commitment in its Pre Budget Submission 2019 - 2020.

  • 19 Nov 2018

    Home is Where the Health is: WAAMH Submission to Draft Accommodation and Support Strategy 2018-2025

    WAAMH's submission makes 26 recommendations to the Mental Health Commission's draft Accommodation and Support Strategy.