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Medicare-funded mental healthcare needs major re-think, health experts say
Originally Posted ABC News - Olivia Wills Health experts say a cornerstone of Australia's mental health system, which costs more than $800 million a year, is "inequitable", under-scrutinised and in need of urgent reform. The Better Access scheme, which was introduced...
Medical Student Suicide Death
Dear NAPP members, Please find below a link to an article on the suicide death of Dr Chloe Abbott. NAPP has been a public critic of the current mandatory reporting rules, which discourage medical students and other doctors from seeking help....
NAPP Submission to the Victorian Mental Health Royal Commission
The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists is committed to the provision of quality health services and programs for patients with mental illness. Sadly, even in an advanced economy such as Australia, the needs of the mentally ill are often marginalised, or...
Thank You for your support in 2018
On behalf of the NAPP team we want to thank you for your support in 2018 and we look forward to an exciting 2019. Wishing all a Merry Xmas and a prosperous 2019
Submission: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
The National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists (NAPP) does not support the changes to the National Law as contained in this Bill on the subject of mandatory reporting. Rather, NAPP supports the adoption of the model of mandatory reporting which has been...
Dr Bruce Shepherd’s Obituary
Vale Dr Bruce Dalway Shepherd, AM (26/10/1932 – 25/05/2018) Bruce Dalway Shepherd was born at the height of the Great Depression on 26/10/1932 in the NSW country town of Tamworth. It was a difficult birth. His mother Mary (a former trainee nurse at the Coast Hospital...
Invitation To All Australian Psychiatrist, Registrars and Trainees
TO ALL AUSTRALIAN PSYCHIATRISTS, REGISTRARS AND TRAINEES Dear Colleagues Since our inception in 1996, The National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists (NAPP) has worked tirelessly to safeguard conditions for doctors and patients, from potential negative changes to...
Health Minister backs down on My Health Record
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt agreed to tear up the legislation behind MyHealth Record system to protect patients from having their medical records accessed by police. In addition Australians may be given an extra month to opt out of the MyHealth Record. Following...
Mental Health Bodies Recommend ‘opt out’
Mental Health Bodies Recommend ‘opt out’ - Originally published in the New Daily Australians with mental illnesses have been warned to consider opting out of the government’s My Health Record, over fears they will be discriminated against if their digital medical...
The Australian Mental Health Crisis: A system failure in need of treatment
Australia has a mental health crisis. Despite a number of national mental health plans and a decade of changes to public mental health services, individuals, patients, families, carers and support groups from all around Australia are saying that the care of mentally...
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