Mental Health Clinical Governance Review

Overview

The Review of the Clinical Governance of Public Mental Health Services in Western Australia (WA) (the Review) is currently being undertaken by an independent Panel. The Panel is inviting clinicians, consumers and carers, organisations and service providers to share their experiences.

Clinical governance can be defined as the set of relationships, responsibilities, processes and systems that ensure that everyone is accountable to patients and the community for delivering health services that are safe, high quality and continuously improving.

The information collected from this survey will be used to inform the development of a Report for the Director General of the Department of Health, the Mental Health Commissioner and the Minister for Health, Mental Health. The Panel will provide this report by 30 June 2019. 

Terms of Reference outlining the role and purpose of the Review can be accessed by clicking here. 

Why your views matter

Questions in this survey ask about your experience of the clinical governance of public mental health and alcohol and other drug services in WA. Your response will assist the Review Panel to understand current issues and recommend improvements. 

The survey will take approximately 30 - 45 minutes to complete, and you can leave and return to the consultation at any time. The Panel encourages you to provide as much detail as possible in your response and thanks you for your contribution. Please feel free to share this consultation link with others in your organisation or networks who may wish to participate.

All responses will be reviewed however due to the anticipated number of responses please note that the Review will not be providing a direct response to feedback received.

If you have queries regarding this survey, or to request it be provided to you in an alternative format, please contact the Review project team by emailing MHCGReview@health.wa.gov.au. If you would like help to complete the survey, a member of the Review project team will be happy to assist you. 

Responses are welcomed until 12 April 2019.

To read a statement regarding confidentiality and begin the survey, please clink on the link in the green box below:

What happens next

Thank you for your interest in the Mental Health Clinical Governance Review survey. This process concluded on 12 April 2019. 

All responses will be reviewed however due to the anticipated number of responses, please note that the Review will not be providing a direct response to feedback received.

The information collected from this survey will assist the Review Panel to understand current issues and recommend improvements, and be used to inform the development of a report for the Director General of the Department of Health, the Mental Health Commissioner and the Minister for Health, Mental Health. The Review Panel will deliver this report by 30 June 2019.