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The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS Standards) are Australia's principal health care standards, and apply to all health services including inpatient, outpatient, and community care. [5] There are 8 standards: Clinical governance; Partnering with consumers; Preventing and controlling infections; Medication safety
The AMA argued that the Australian government lacked a structural plan for mental health management and that the future of mental health treatment in Australia was in a dangerous position. The Australian government spent $9.1 billion on mental health related services in 2017. This averaged out to $375 per person, a rise from $359 in the year prior.
The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System, more widely known as the Mental Health Royal Commission, is a royal commission in Victoria, Australia.It was established on 22 February 2019 to investigate deficiencies in the state's mental health system and the broader prevalence of mental illnesses and suicides in the state.
The scheme is a key component of health care in Australia and aims to improve the treatment and management of mental illness within the Australian community. [1] [2] [3] The introduction of the Better Access scheme has provided over 30 million individual treatment services for Australians with mental health disorders since its inception. [4]
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. Its biennial publication Australia's Health is a key national information resource in the area of health care. The Institute publishes over 140 reports each year on various aspects of Australia's health and ...
The Victorian Mental Health Act (1986) specifies in part that: "(1) A person may be admitted to and detained in an approved mental health service as an involuntary patient in accordance with the procedures specified in this Act only if— (a) the person appears to be mentally ill; and
Mental health in the Australian Football League; Mental Health Research Institute (Melbourne) Mental Health Week (Australia) Mental illness in fly-in fly-out workers; Minister for Mental Health (New South Wales) Minister for Mental Health (Western Australia)
The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC), formerly the Department of Health, is a department of the Australian Government responsible for health research, funding, promotion and regulation in Australia. Primary health care and aged care services are overseen by DHAC, while tertiary health services are administered by state and territory ...