Joining the pieces of the puzzle The drive towards a person-centred mental health system changes many things – most critically the way that the system reacts to people’s needs. How do we respond without losing sight of the individuals and communities in our system – clinicians, workers, consumers, managers, families and carers?

Challenged by concepts like “flexible funding”, ‘self-directed support’, ‘stepped care’ and ‘personalised packages’, the Summer Forum will identify how mental health systems can deliver real citizenship for consumers.

You will meet key people from:• North America, Europe and New Zealand• National Disability Insurance Agency• Primary Health Networks• Mental Health Services• State and Commonwealth Departments

5 issues to challenge delegatesFocusing on the people and services central to our mental health system, TheMHS Summer Forum 2017 will ask:

How does our mental health system enable personal choice and control?

How can people and organisations thrive in our changing system?

How do people navigate through Primary Health Networks, and the NDIS?

How do mental health managers prepare for new workforce issues, like continuity of service provision?

What works for consumers to achieve citizenship?

TheMHS Summer Forum will investigate the impact of our evolving mental health system on people and services, and ask how citizenship for consumers can be achieved.

CHOICE AND CONTROL: Personalising the Mental Health SystemJoin us on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February, 2017 at The Mercure, Sydney, Australia for the 19th Annual TheMHS Summer Forum.

TheMHS Summer Forum 2017

SUMMER FORUM

The 19th TheMHS Summer Forum is an annual two-day educational program that highlights a contemporary topic in mental health. It will guide, challenge and inspire you.

Audience discussion and participation are actively encouraged.

Save $100 by registering before the Early Bird deadline!Early Bird Registration: $750Ends on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 Visit www.themhs.org

23 and 24 February, 2017 | Mercure Hotel, Sydney

SPEAKERS

TheMHS and IIMHL have positioned our events together so that delegates can take advantage of attending both events if they wish.

Helen Killaspy Professor and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry at University College, London.What Works for Peoples’ Recovery? Where is the Evidence?

Helen Glover Consultant and trainer, with professional background in social work and education, as well as lived experience of her own recovery from mental illnessIf self-determination is the answer, what would services be spectacular at?

Ken Thompson Public service psychiatrist from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USAChoice and Control in Mental Health Systems

Karen Mellanby Director of Networks and Communities at Mind, UKUK National policies on Personalisation and personal budgets – how can they be implemented across 140 sites?

Sarah HughesCEO of Mind in Cambridgeshire, UKPersonalised services: A first-hand account of developing and implementing services.

Eddie Bartnik Strategic Adviser on Mental Health, Local Area Coordination and Community Capacity Building for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)NDIS 2017: How will personalisation and personal budgets improve peoples’ lives?

Kathy EagarProfessor and Director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of WollongongFunding Personalisation – How can funding shape the system for the better?

For more information visit www.themhs.org

Plus expert speakers including: Peggy Brown (National Mental Health Commission), Louise Bradley (Canadian Mental Health Commission), Sarah Johnson (NDIS Actuary) and Julie Anderson & Peter Gianfrancesco from Neami National

CHOICE AND CONTROL: Personalising the Mental Health System

TheMHS Summer Forum 2017

SUMMER FORUM