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Medicare Mental Health Centres consultation – Feedback and thank you!
Thank you to community members and health care providers who participated in consultations to help inform the development of Medicare Mental Health Centres in Young and Wagga Wagga. We appreciate your time and the contribution of your valuable experience into this process.
We had high quality engagement and feedback across each of the sessions provided which included:
Young:
Online session: 18 people
Face to face session: 15 people
Wagga Wagga:
Online session: 7 people
Face to face session: 16 people
There were several themes identified across each of the communities which MPHN and MLHD have considered in the development of our approach to establishing Medicare Mental Health Centres. These themes included:
Mental health workforce capacity and capability
Itinerant workforce and culturally and linguistically diverse populations
Management of demand including wait times
Need for outreach to address at risk populations
Importance of location to ensure accessibility
Importance of strong and consistent community engagement and presence
Coordination of care and integrating with existing services
Streamlined referral processes
Importance of service navigation
Full reports from consultations in Young and Wagga can be accessed here:
Young report
Wagga Wagga report
MPHN will now be approaching the market to identify suitable providers to deliver the Medicare Mental Health Centres in Young and Wagga Wagga. Further details will be provided on our Tenders page.