The Coalition Government has today released the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission\u2019s inquiry into mental health and announced the appointment of an Associate Commissioner for the inquiry.
\nThe inquiry will consider how mental illness can affect all aspects of a person\u2019s quality of life including physical health, social participation, education, employment and financial status.
\nThe terms of reference will include:<\/p>\n
To assist the Commission in undertaking this inquiry, Professor Harvey Whiteford has been appointed as an Associate Commissioner. The Coalition Government has today released the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission\u2019s inquiry into mental health and announced the appointment of an Associate Commissioner for the inquiry. The inquiry will consider how mental illness can affect all aspects of a person\u2019s quality of life including physical health, social participation, education, employment and financial … Continue reading “Productivity Commission inquiry into mental health terms of reference”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProfessor Whiteford is a member of the National Mental Health Commission\u2019s Advisory Board, Professor of Population Mental Health at the University of Queensland, and Professor of Global Health at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington.
\nHe brings extensive experience to the role, having worked on mental health policy with the World Health Organisation, World Bank, OECD and governments in Europe, Africa and Asia.
\nThe two Commissioners overseeing the inquiry are Dr Stephen King and Julie Abramson.
\nTreasurer Josh Frydenberg said: \u201cThe inquiry will be able to make recommendations as to how the Government can better support Australians living with mental illness, to enable them to lead fulfilling and contributing lives.\u201d
\nMinister for Health, Greg Hunt said he has consulted with state and territory health and mental health ministers as well as the National Mental Health Commission to seek their views on the scope and terms of reference of the inquiry.
\n\u201cThe Commission will consult with Indigenous leaders including the National Mental Health Commission\u2019s Professor Helen Milroy and Professor Ngiare Brown on their expertise,\u201d Minister Hunt said.
\n\u201cFour million Australians deal with some form of chronic or episodic mental health condition. As well as the individuals affected and people close to them, poor mental health also affects businesses, the hospital system, emergency services and social services.\u201d
\nThe Commission will take submissions and will hold public consultations, including in regional areas.
\nAll interested parties, including carers and patients, are encouraged to participate.
\nThe inquiry will begin immediately and is due to report to Government within 18 months.
\nThe Federal Government will spend an estimated $4.7 billion this year on mental health. Once state and territory government funding is added to this, the investment in mental health rises to around $9 billion per year \u2013 that is equivalent to $1 million per hour \u2013 every hour of every day.
\nThe terms of reference are available on the\u00a0Commission’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"