Connections in the Far West (Far West Local Health District)
Mental Health in the Home: A New Approach in a Pandemic (Western NSW Local Health District)
Reducing Time in Seclusion in the Mental Health Intensive Care Unit (Northern Sydney Local Health District)
Mental health is a priority area for the NSW Government, with one in five (20 per cent) Australians aged 16-85 experiencing a mental illness in any year*.
This award recognises and showcases innovation in improving the quality and safety of mental health patient care within programs that display:
*Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2009). National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results, 4326.0, 2007. ABS: Canberra.