Establishing an Office for Mental Health for Australia Capital Territory.
- Client
- Australia Capital Territory Government
- Skills
- Co-design, mental health, addiction, engagement, strategy
In 2017 the ACT government, made an election pledge to establish an Office for Mental Health. By late 2017 the office was not established and pressure was being placed in the ACT government to make progress.
Synergia was commissioned to work with stakeholders to design an Office for Mental Health for ACT.
Over the period of four months Synergia worked closely with stakeholders across the ACT to understand the issues being faced by funders, providers, consumers and families. The involved facilitating a series of workshops to hear the issues and also design an office that could offer the best chance of being successful.
Synergia utilised a co-design process to support the work. Working alongside all stakeholders to design solutions.
Read the announcement of the Office for Mental Health:
https://health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/office-mental-health-and-wellbeing
Read our final report to the ACT government: