by Julian Clarkson | Oct 2, 2024 | News
BEING has released a report looking into the use of restrictive practices, including chemical and physical restraint, in the NSW mental healthcare system. BEING believes that restrictive practices should be minimised as much as possible with the goal of removing them... by Julian Clarkson | Sep 24, 2024 | News
Members of BEING Mental Health Consumers Ltd (BEING) may now offer themselves up for election to the board of directors at the upcoming AGM on Thursday 7 November 2024. As a skills-based board, we are particularly interested to hear from members who have experience... by Julian Clarkson | Jul 17, 2024 | News
BEING presents position paper ahead of suicide prevention roundtable Tomorrow, BEING will participate in a roundtable consultation with a range of stakeholders to help inform the NSW Government’s intention to develop a whole of government suicide prevention strategy.... by Julian Clarkson | May 8, 2024 | News, Uncategorised
Today, we released a landmark report covering the findings from a new survey capturing the experience of mental health consumers in NSW during 2023 and how the experience of living with a psychosocial disability as impacted on people’s human rights. Entitled the... by Julian Clarkson | Sep 6, 2023 | News, Uncategorised
Wednesday September 6th 2023 Today, BEING – Mental Health Consumers makes its submission to the NSW parliamentary inquiry into Equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental health care in New South Wales. The inquiry, chaired... by Julian Clarkson | Jun 20, 2023 | News
Monday June 19th 2023 Recently, BEING – Mental Health Consumers changed its legal status to enable it to accept tax-deductible donations from individuals and organisations. We are delighted to announce today that all the systems are in place for us to receive...