❓ Question seeks details on the Consumer Participation Plan within mental health services, including funding, approval processes, and project status. The answer provides details on funding, implementation of stage 1, and other related initiatives.
AnsweredQoN 6013Legislative Council
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(1) Was the Consumer Participation Plan approved by Aaron Groves, then-Director of the Office of Mental Health?
(2) Has the Consumer Participation Plan ever been approved by the Office of Mental Health?
(3) If yes to (2), when and by whom?
(4) If no to (2), why not?
(5) The statewide Mental Health Services Consumer Participation Project Coordinator was appointed in December 2006. By type and monetary amount, what funding has been made available to the Coordinator?
(6) What is the process by which the Coordinator must request funding to implement the project?
(7) Who approves or denies requests for funding from the Coordinator?
(8) How many requests for funding from the Coordinator have been approved?
(9) How many requests for funding from the Coordinator have been denied?
(10) How many request for funding from the Coordinator have been received?
(11) By type and monetary amount, what specific support has been provided to the Coordinator, in terms of staff, equipment, office space, travel allowances, office supplies, telephones, professional development fees and costs, etc?
(12) What is the process by which the Coordinator must request funding for support for her position?
(13) How many requests for funding for support have been received?
(14) How many requests for funding for support have been approved?
(15) The goal of the project is the development of a statewide coordinated system of consumer participation integrated with public mental health services, the Office of Mental Health, the non-government sector, and the community. Three stages of development are proposed, with immediate implementation of the components of stage one. What is the status of each of the six components of stage one?
(16) Stage two was to commence within 12 months, and is comprised of six elements. What is the status of each of the components of stage two?
(17) What is the status of the formation of the consumer peak body, a non-government organization whose activities include individual advocacy, public relations, research, support groups, and information?
(18) What is the status of the development of a statewide advocacy, education, training and information service (SAETIS) staffed by consumers and managed by an area mental health service?
(19) What is the status of the development of a statewide network of consumer participation coordinators?
(20) Community mental health was underspent by $7 million for the 2004 - 2007 State Mental Health Action Plan. Do you agree that funding for the statewide Mental Health Services Consumer Participation Project is appropriately funded as community mental health?
(2) Has the Consumer Participation Plan ever been approved by the Office of Mental Health?
(3) If yes to (2), when and by whom?
(4) If no to (2), why not?
(5) The statewide Mental Health Services Consumer Participation Project Coordinator was appointed in December 2006. By type and monetary amount, what funding has been made available to the Coordinator?
(6) What is the process by which the Coordinator must request funding to implement the project?
(7) Who approves or denies requests for funding from the Coordinator?
(8) How many requests for funding from the Coordinator have been approved?
(9) How many requests for funding from the Coordinator have been denied?
(10) How many request for funding from the Coordinator have been received?
(11) By type and monetary amount, what specific support has been provided to the Coordinator, in terms of staff, equipment, office space, travel allowances, office supplies, telephones, professional development fees and costs, etc?
(12) What is the process by which the Coordinator must request funding for support for her position?
(13) How many requests for funding for support have been received?
(14) How many requests for funding for support have been approved?
(15) The goal of the project is the development of a statewide coordinated system of consumer participation integrated with public mental health services, the Office of Mental Health, the non-government sector, and the community. Three stages of development are proposed, with immediate implementation of the components of stage one. What is the status of each of the six components of stage one?
(16) Stage two was to commence within 12 months, and is comprised of six elements. What is the status of each of the components of stage two?
(17) What is the status of the formation of the consumer peak body, a non-government organization whose activities include individual advocacy, public relations, research, support groups, and information?
(18) What is the status of the development of a statewide advocacy, education, training and information service (SAETIS) staffed by consumers and managed by an area mental health service?
(19) What is the status of the development of a statewide network of consumer participation coordinators?
(20) Community mental health was underspent by $7 million for the 2004 - 2007 State Mental Health Action Plan. Do you agree that funding for the statewide Mental Health Services Consumer Participation Project is appropriately funded as community mental health?
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Answered
6 May 2008
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
48 days
(1 - 20)
In August 2005, Dr Aaron Groves, former Director of the Office of Mental Health, approved a consumer participation draft Concept Paper titled, "
Consumer Participation Plan
". This Concept Paper outlines a proposed Framework for mental health consumer participation in WA.
In 2005/06, the Mental Health Division (MHD) provided recurrent funding to the North Metropolitan Area Mental Health Service (NMAMHS) as the lead agency for the Statewide
Consumer Participation Program (CPP)
. The CPP recurrent funding for 2007/08 is $142,909, which includes salary and other goods and services (OG&S) components.
The salary budget provides salaries for the Project Coordinator - 0.6 FTE and Consumer Consultant - 0.4 FTE and on costs associated with the positions. The CPP Project Coordinator has been provided with office space, two mobile phones, three desktop computers and one laptop computer. Professional development, including private supervision for the Project Coordinator, travel expenses and conference attendances, are also supported by this budget.
Funding requests of an operational nature from within the allocated budget are dealt with at the local level. Funding requests for new services or significant service expansion must follow DOH guidelines and be presented in the form of a Business Case, considered in the context of local, regional and statewide mental health priorities before being progressed to the whole of health and the whole of government level. No formal Business Case have been submitted to date.
Payments for mental health consumer participation on DOH committees and working groups are funded separately.
A number of components of Stage 1 of the proposed
Consumer Participation Framework
have been implemented. These include:
· Recurrent funding was allocated to establish the statewide mental health
CPP
to promote consumer participation in mental health policy development, service delivery and reform [please see Question (5)].
· A network of 16 Consumer Advisory Groups (CAGs) has been established across WA mental health services.
· CAG members and consumer representatives, who are members of other registered advisory groups, working groups or committees, receive consumer participation payments.
· Mental health consumer representatives have been supported to attend both local and national conferences and training programs. For example, mental health consumer representatives were funded by the DOH to take part in 5 day Recovery Programs in March 2007 and January 2008, and a number of mental health consumer representatives were sponsored to attend the
Annual Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference
in December 2007.
· In 2006, the MHD, in collaboration with mental health services, initiated the '
Engaging consumer participation in outcome measurement in WA Mental Health Services
' project. A dedicated consumer project officer was appointed to work with consumers, clinicians and the Project Coordinator to increase participation in the completion of the consumer self-rated outcome measures.
· Consumers are also being recruited, trained and supported to undertake paid Peer Support Worker positions in the metropolitan area. This initiative forms part of the
HealthRight
Project, which aims to improve physical health outcomes for mental health consumers in Western Australia.
· Standard four of the
Service Standards for Non-Government Providers of Community Mental Health Services
, advocates that consumers take an active role in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the services that they receive. A service agreement between the MHD and non-government organisations requires recipients of funding to demonstrate compliance with these standards.
In addition, a Peer Support Worker Project is currently being undertaken by Graylands Hospital utilising existing staffing resources to enable a number of Peer Support Workers to be trained and supported for their eventual employment as Peer Support Workers. It is expected that this project will be operational early in the 2008/2009 financial year.
The Health Consumers' Council (HCC) is the consumer peak body that facilitates an exchange of views on matters of concern affecting the health of consumers, arranges and conducts health forums and consumer education in rural and metropolitan areas, provides consumer training and support and advocates with appropriate bodies on behalf of individual consumers. The HCC service is available for all health consumers, including consumers of mental health services.
The Statewide Advocacy, Education, Training and Information Service (SAETIS), as outlined in the proposed Consumer Participation Framework 2005, was not funded. Similarly, the development of a statewide network of consumer participation coordinators was not funded.
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In August 2005, Dr Aaron Groves, former Director of the Office of Mental Health, approved a consumer participation draft Concept Paper titled, "
Consumer Participation Plan
". This Concept Paper outlines a proposed Framework for mental health consumer participation in WA.
In 2005/06, the Mental Health Division (MHD) provided recurrent funding to the North Metropolitan Area Mental Health Service (NMAMHS) as the lead agency for the Statewide
Consumer Participation Program (CPP)
. The CPP recurrent funding for 2007/08 is $142,909, which includes salary and other goods and services (OG&S) components.
The salary budget provides salaries for the Project Coordinator - 0.6 FTE and Consumer Consultant - 0.4 FTE and on costs associated with the positions. The CPP Project Coordinator has been provided with office space, two mobile phones, three desktop computers and one laptop computer. Professional development, including private supervision for the Project Coordinator, travel expenses and conference attendances, are also supported by this budget.
Funding requests of an operational nature from within the allocated budget are dealt with at the local level. Funding requests for new services or significant service expansion must follow DOH guidelines and be presented in the form of a Business Case, considered in the context of local, regional and statewide mental health priorities before being progressed to the whole of health and the whole of government level. No formal Business Case have been submitted to date.
Payments for mental health consumer participation on DOH committees and working groups are funded separately.
A number of components of Stage 1 of the proposed
Consumer Participation Framework
have been implemented. These include:
· Recurrent funding was allocated to establish the statewide mental health
CPP
to promote consumer participation in mental health policy development, service delivery and reform [please see Question (5)].
· A network of 16 Consumer Advisory Groups (CAGs) has been established across WA mental health services.
· CAG members and consumer representatives, who are members of other registered advisory groups, working groups or committees, receive consumer participation payments.
· Mental health consumer representatives have been supported to attend both local and national conferences and training programs. For example, mental health consumer representatives were funded by the DOH to take part in 5 day Recovery Programs in March 2007 and January 2008, and a number of mental health consumer representatives were sponsored to attend the
Annual Rural and Remote Mental Health Conference
in December 2007.
· In 2006, the MHD, in collaboration with mental health services, initiated the '
Engaging consumer participation in outcome measurement in WA Mental Health Services
' project. A dedicated consumer project officer was appointed to work with consumers, clinicians and the Project Coordinator to increase participation in the completion of the consumer self-rated outcome measures.
· Consumers are also being recruited, trained and supported to undertake paid Peer Support Worker positions in the metropolitan area. This initiative forms part of the
HealthRight
Project, which aims to improve physical health outcomes for mental health consumers in Western Australia.
· Standard four of the
Service Standards for Non-Government Providers of Community Mental Health Services
, advocates that consumers take an active role in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the services that they receive. A service agreement between the MHD and non-government organisations requires recipients of funding to demonstrate compliance with these standards.
In addition, a Peer Support Worker Project is currently being undertaken by Graylands Hospital utilising existing staffing resources to enable a number of Peer Support Workers to be trained and supported for their eventual employment as Peer Support Workers. It is expected that this project will be operational early in the 2008/2009 financial year.
The Health Consumers' Council (HCC) is the consumer peak body that facilitates an exchange of views on matters of concern affecting the health of consumers, arranges and conducts health forums and consumer education in rural and metropolitan areas, provides consumer training and support and advocates with appropriate bodies on behalf of individual consumers. The HCC service is available for all health consumers, including consumers of mental health services.
The Statewide Advocacy, Education, Training and Information Service (SAETIS), as outlined in the proposed Consumer Participation Framework 2005, was not funded. Similarly, the development of a statewide network of consumer participation coordinators was not funded.
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