Department of Health and Aged Care – National mental health consumer and carer peaks – Co-design

On 30 January 2023, the Government announced $7.5 million in funding to establish and operate two new independent mental health lived experience peak bodies:

• one representing consumers; and
• one representing families, carers and kin.

These peak bodies will work to ensure people with lived and/or living experiences of mental ill-health can help shape the policies and programs impacting them. The Department of Health and Aged Care invites people with personal lived and/or living experiences of mental ill-health to share their thoughts on what these peak bodies could look like.

Consumer Peak

Survey and Discussion paper: https://consultations.health.gov.au/mental-health-access-branch/nationalmentalhealthlivedexperienceconsumerpeak/

Family/Carer/Kin Peak

Survey and Discussion paper: https://consultations.health.gov.au/mental-health-access-branch/nationalmentalhealthlivedexperiencecarerpeak/

Surveys close 27 Oct 2023