Carlton Quartly, Manager Clinical Governance Marc Reynolds, Manager Clinical Services Development Lynelle Richards, SPO

1. NSW Mental Health Initiatives Presentation to NSW GP Divisions Carlton Quartly, Manager Clinical Governance Marc Reynolds, Manager Clinical Services Development Lynelle Richards, SPO MH Rehabilition Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office

2. Linking physical and mental health…it makes sense • Initiative launched by Minister in May 2009. • Goals of the initiative. • Supported at the local level. • Workshops planned for 2010. • E-learning resource is under development.

3. Supporting Families Early (SFE) • New SAFE START Consultation-Liaison positions being established in each Area in 2010. • National Perinatal Depression Initiative (NPDI) will fund new teams in three Areas to provide follow-up care and family-focused support for women who are experiencing severe or complex mental health problems during the perinatal period. • Through NPDI funding, NSW Health will expand existing SFE and SAFE START Education for a wider audience

4. Keep Them Safe-Whole Family Teams • MH&DA - Whole Family Teams. • Whole Family Teams will address the needs of whole families where carers have mental health and/or drug and alcohol problems, parenting difficulties and child protection concerns • five year funding beginning in 2009/10 • pilots in four locations: Lismore, Newcastle, Wyong and Nowra. • provide specialist assessment, group, family and individual interventions with assertive outreach.

5. Youth Mental Health • New models of service • Focus on early intervention and prevention • State-wide uptake of Youth Mental Health Service (YMHS) models • Flexibility in YHMS model design • Valuable integration of YHMS models and Headspace sites

6. Eating Disorders • Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders (CEDD) GP initiatives • Expanding range of training options • Medical and psychological /mental health issues • MHDAO funds a Statewide Service Development Coordinator, 4 AHS Coordinators and 2 Pilot day clinics • Clinical support line for clinical support and referral contact point

7. Emergency MH responses • Collaboration with Police and Ambulance • MoU • IDC – Alliance of NSW GPs represented • LPC processes • MH Act 2007 • Building MH awareness and skills for Police and Ambulance • Additional MH presence and capacity in EDs • GPs encouraged to use Ambulance for transport

8. State Mental Health Telephone Access Line (SMHTAL) • Single point (1800) access to mental health telephone triage, advice and referral to local MH services • AHSs are being supported by NSW Health to provide 24/7 telephone response by mental health professionals and to operate mental telephone triage services that meet state wide performance Standards • Due to go live state wide by mid 2010 • Targeting new referrals.

9. NSW Service Plan for Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People 2005-2015 • Based in Orange and with a state wide focus • The Service Plan is a statewide service delivery framework to ensure health care and the support needs of older people with mental health problems • Partnerships between specialist mental health teams and GPs. • Direct advice on care planning • Dementia guidelines and Framework

10. Mental Health for GPs education program - IoP • Post graduate certificate, diploma and masters • Mental Health skills Workshops • Scholarships

11. VETE and Rehabilitation • Recovery and resource services program • Clinical Partnership coordinators • Commonwealth funded services