Submissions

Most recent - 2023

Canberra Health Services Guideline: Suicide Prevention and Intervention Framework at the Alexander Maconochie Centre/ACT Court Cells – Adult (September 2023)

Canberra Health Services Procedure: Intimate Body Care and/or Examination of Patients.Clinets by Health Care Workers (September 2023)

Canberra Health Services Policy and Procedure: Consumer Feedback Management (September 2023)

Canberra Health Services Operational Procedure: Emergency Detention in an Approved Mental Health Facility and a Person’s Rights under the Mental Health Act 2015 (ACT) (Adults and Children) (August 2023)

Canberra Health Sector: Emergency Department Model of Service (August 2023)

Mental Health Subsector: Commissioning Design Phase, Mental Health System Blueprint (July 2023)

Justice and Community Safety Directorate: Review of Offences Against Vulnerable People (June 2023)

Canberra Health Services Clinical Procedure: Care of persons subject to Psychiatric Treatment Orders (PTOs) with or without a Restriction Order (RO) Feedback Letter (May 2023)

Canberra Health Services Procedure: ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) Ordered Mental Health Assessments (May 2023)

Canberra Health Services, Review of Charter of Health Care Rights E-Learning Package Feedback Letter (May 2023)

Canberra Health Services Operational Procedure: Supported Accommodation: Eligibility and Referral to MHJHADS Managed Housing in the ACT (April 2023)

Canberra Health Services Procedure: Responding to Consumer Use of Alcohol and/or Other Drugs (AOD) (April 2023)

Canberra Health Services Operational Guideline: Providing Physical Health Care across Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) (March 2023)

ACT Government: ACT Detainee Health and Wellbeing Strategy: STakeholder Engagement Consultation December 2022 (March 2023)

Canberra Health Services Operational Procedure: Advance Agreements, Advance Consent Directions and Nominated Persons under the Mental Health Act 2015 (February 2023)

2022

Canberra Health Services Restraint of a Person Detained under the Mental Health Act 2015 (ACT) Procedure (April 2022)

Canberra Health Services Restrictive Practices Procedure in non-Mental Health Areas (April 2022)

Canberra Health Services Procedure: Ligature Use Response and Ligature Risk Management MHJHADS (March 2022)

Canberra Health Services Draft Animal Guideline (February 2022)

Canberra Health Services Clinical Procedure Seclusion of Persons with Mental Illness or Mental Disorder Detained under the Mental Health Act 2015 (February 2022)

2021

Nurses and Midwives Towards a Safer Culture (NM TASC) Managers Mutual Behaviour Expectations for patients, consumers, carers, visitors, healthcare staff, students, and volunteers (December 2021)

Canberra Health Services Cognitive Impairment (Delirium and Dementia) and Deteriorating Mental State Procedure (December 2021)

Inquiry into Community Corrections (Submission 14) (November 2021)

Canberra Health Services Occupational Violence Policy and Procedure (October 2021)

Dhulwa Mental Health Unit Searching Policy and Procedure (September 2021)

Canberra Health Services Protective Security – Closed Circuit Television Procedure (September 2021)

Missing Patient Procedure (September 2021)

ACT Health Review of the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016 (May 2021)

Canberra Health Services Operational/Clinical Procedure Incident Management – Clinical; and Canberra Health Services Clinical Policy Incident Management – Clinical (April 2021)

Canberra Health Services Operational Guideline Consumer Handout (March 2021)

2020

Canberra Health Services Consumer Privacy Handout (December 2020)

Network and Carers ACT Joint response ACT Charter of Rights for people experiencing mental illness or mental disorder (October 2020)

Canberra Health Services Consumer Privacy Policy (September 2020)

MHJHADS Proposal for a Peer-Led Service (July 2020)

Standing Committee Inquiry into Youth Mental Health in the ACT (June 2020)

Canberra Health Services Alert Management Procedure (April 2020)

Canberra Health Services Consent and Treatment Policy (March 2020)

Canberra Health Services Consumer Feedback Management Policy and Procedure (February 2020)

2019

Amendment to the Powers of Attorney Act 2006 (ACT) (September 2019)

2018

Peer Recovery Workers: Guidelines and Practice Standards (March 2018)

Inspector of Correctional Services Bill 2017 (March 2018)

2017

Submission Inquiry into the Employment of people with disabilities (October 2017)

The provision of services under the NDIS for people with psychosocial disabilities (May 2017)

Response to inquiry into the terms and operation of the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991 (March 2017)

2016

Response to the Mental Health Short Stay Unit Model of Care (March 2016)

Submission to the Mental Health (Facilities) Bill 2016 (February 2016)

2015

Response to the National Disability Employment Framework Issues Paper (August 2015)

Designing a model for the effective protection of human rights (July 2015)

ACT Budget 2015-2016 – ACTMHCN Submission (June 2015)

2014

Comments on ACT Health’s Policy and related Standard Operating Procedures: Restraint of Patients (October 2014)

Submission – ACT Law Reform Advisory Council Review of the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) (July 2014)

Submission – Secure Mental Health Unit Draft Model of Care (June 2014)

2013

Submission – ACT Budget 2014 -15 (December 2013)

Submission on Review of the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 – Second Exposure Draft (October 2013)

Submission on Review of the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 – First Exposure Draft (May 2013)

2012

Submission on 2nd Consultation Draft: National Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Practice Framework (October 2012)

Exposure Draft Public Advocate (Official Visitors) Bill 2012 – ACTMHCN submission (August 2012)

Submission to ACT Government on Budget 2012-13 (February 2012)

Draft Stage 3 Model of Care – Adult Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit (February 2012)

2011

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – A Good Idea for the ACT? (November 2011)

Inquiry into Commonwealth Funding and Administration of Mental Health Services (August 2011)

Inquiry into Mental Health and Workforce Participation 2011 (July 2011)

Disability Care and Support (May 2011)

Draft ACT Charter of Rights for Mental Health Consumers (May 2011)

Turning Plans into Action for Mental Health Consumers: 2011-12 ACTMHCN budget submission (March 2011)

2010

ACT Patient & Family-Centred Care Model Document

ACT Patient & Family-Centred Care Model Submission

Discussion Paper – Flexible Care Packages for People with Severe Mental Illness

Submission – Flexible Care Packages for People with Severe Mental Illness

Letter of Invitation – Income support for people living with mental illness

Submission – Income support for people living with mental illness

National Framework Advance Care Directives

ACTMHCN Submission for the draft Preliminary Models of Care for the Adolescent & Young Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit (AYAMHIU) and the Secure Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit (SAMHIU)

ACTMHCN Submission for the National Recovery Principles

2009 Option Paper – Review of the Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994

Draft document – National Mental Health Workforce Strategy

Network’s comments on the Draft Position Statement

2008

Healthy or Harmful? – mental health and the operational regime of the new ACT prison [ ACT Community Coalition on Corrections] (April 2008)

2006

Healthy or Harmful? – mental health and the operational regime of the new ACT prison [ ACT Community Coalition on Corrections] (April 2008)

With Us, Not To Us: A submission to the Review of the ACT Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 (October 2006)

“Not just another big hospital ward”: The views of consumers on proposed new mental health inpatient facilities in the ACT (April 2006)