Recommendation 46

Facilitating government wide efforts

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Status: Delivered

What the Royal Commission said

The Royal Commission recommends that the Victorian Government:

  • Set up organisational structures to:
  1. Manage government-wide and community-wide approaches to improving mental health and wellbeing
  2. Oversee the implementation of the Royal Commission's recommendations.
  • Make sure these organisational structures include:
  1. A Mental Health and Wellbeing Cabinet Subcommittee, chaired by the Premier for at least two years;
  2. A Mental Health and Wellbeing Secretaries' Board, chaired by the Department of Premier and Cabinet and comprising: the Secretaries of the Department of Health, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Justice and Community Safety and the Department of Treasury and Finance, as well as the Chief Officer for Mental Health and Wellbeing;
  3. A Suicide Prevention and Response Secretaries' Board Subcommittee, co-chaired by the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Health, attended and supported by the State Suicide Prevention and Response Adviser (refer to Recommendation 26 (1)) and comprising all state government departments and relevant agencies, with Deputy Secretary and Secretary-level membership; and
  4. An Interdepartmental Committee on Mental Health and Wellbeing Promotion, co-chaired by the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Health, attended and supported by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Promotion Adviser (refer to Recommendation 2 (1)) and comprising all state government departments and relevant agencies, with Deputy Secretary level membership.

What we've achieved

Establishment of governance structures

  • We established a range of governance structures to implement the Royal Commission’s recommendations and facilitate government-wide and community-wide approaches to improving mental health and wellbeing including the:
    • Mental Health and Wellbeing Secretaries’ Board Sub-Committee
    • Suicide Prevention and Response Secretaries’ Board Sub-Committee; and
    • Interdepartmental Committee on Mental Health.

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