The sector comes together to highlight the importance of psychosocial supports

This month, MIFA and almost 40 other organisations from the National Psychosocial Support Advocacy Alliance Campaign (‘the Alliance’), have come together to coordinate a letter-writing campaign to Members of Parliament and Senators. This letter-writing campaign highlights the importance of addressing the gap in psychosocial supports and providing investment in a new National Psychosocial Support Program to support people with complex mental health conditions.

We know that approximately 154,000 people with the most complex mental health conditions in Australia are currently missing out on psychosocial supports each year. Investing in this new national program will provide a solution to addressing the gap in psychosocial supports and also relieve pressure on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, saving billions of dollars over the next decade.

We will be working with other mental health leaders and lived experience leaders from around the country to engage with Members of Parliament and Senators to find mental health champions who want to work with us to develop the solution together.