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Regional collaborative commissioning is a whole-of-system approach to the planning, development, and delivery of health services, with the aim of enabling and supporting value-based care across the health system. As part of the ACT Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan 2019-2024 (the ACT Plan), CHN and ACT Health Directorate have committed to collaborate and partner in the planning, funding and delivery of services to support regional commissioning. This is an important step towards integrated mental health care, with commissioners working together to improve the health outcomes of at-risk populations and operating in partnership as one health system.
In 2022-23, the ACT Plan was in its third year of implementation. During this year, CHN and ACT Health Directorate identified opportunities to strengthen the integration of mental health and suicide prevention activities in the ACT and update the ACT Plan to reflect the changing environment of the mental health sector. This included a joint workshop to capture areas of further action towards local collaboration, and the establishment of new governance groups to support the influence of ACT mental health and suicide prevention initiatives. This work is continuing across 2023-24 as the ACT Plan enters its final implementation year and opportunities for the next stage of regional mental health planning and commissioning arise.
