Submissions

QAMH welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS (the Committee) as part of its inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the NDIA. QAMH believes this inquiry is an important part of the process of the Albanese government’s election commitment to reform the NDIS.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has developed the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations. The following QAMH submission has been informed by our extensive knowledge of the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Sector in Queensland.

This submission has been informed by our members and our extensive knowledge of the sector. It focuses on the workforce issues we feel are most urgent, including attraction and retention of workers and education and training.

In this submission to the Queensland Government, QAMH are calling for an increased supply of social and affordable housing at a scale adequate to meet escalating demand. This submission also outlines the specific housing needs of people experiencing mental distress.

In this pre-budget submission, QAMH calls on the federal government to put ‘Mental Wellbeing’ at the centre of the wellbeing budget and ensure the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy plans for the development and growth of a contemporary community mental health workforce.

Carers provide a vital service to the broader community, reducing the need for formal (paid) care. In the current context, where the demand for carers is escalating, this Issues Paper is a timely examination of the ways to incentivise informal care by exploring an extension of unpaid carer leave.