Today, March 17, is the first day of arbitration at the Industrial Relations Commission, that seeks to resolve the industrial dispute between public psychiatrists and the NSW Government.
BEING CEO, Giancarlo de Vera, has taken the opportunity to pen an open letter to the NSW Minister for Mental Health, Rose Jackson. At the centre of the letter is a call to the Minister to ensure consumers are equal partners with Government in driving and re-designing the NSW mental health system.
Mental health consumers in NSW deserve a world-class mental health system that lives up to the promises made when long-stay, inpatient mental health institutions were decommissioned back in the 1980s.
Only a consumer-led redesign of the NSW mental health system will bring the care and support consumers want and need. We expect a redesign of NSW’s mental health system to respect the individual human rights, minimise trauma and be more focused on preventative, community-based care.
1. Complete the form below to sign onto the open letter calling for consumers to be equal partners with the NSW Government in driving and re-designing the NSW mental health system
