How can people with lived experience of mental health care help drive services to improve?
Perspectives on mental health care: Better Together Podcast
Consumer Representative Caroline Allen in conversation with Matt Russell, Director of Mental Health services at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD).
Better Together is a new podcast where Health Consumer Representatives join in conversation with senior clinicians and executive leaders from the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD).
In this episode, regular host and experienced health consumer representative Matt Roger is joined by two special guests.
Caroline Allen is an experienced consumer of mental health services and a passionate advocate for service improvement and reform, and Matt Russell is Director of Mental Health services at NBMLHD.
Together they discuss the introduction and potential impact of Advance Statements in Mental Health, the Mental Health Act, restrictive practices, and the use of Human Rights as a framework for improving mental health care.
They also discuss how people with lived experience of mental health care can help drive services to improve, touching on recent successes for consumer engagement in Mental Health at NBMLHD.
