Samantha Kirk1, Jane Gabb2, Nicole Stevens3 14th Year Speech Pathology Student, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Samantha.Kirk@uon.edu.au 2Pharmacist, Wyong Hospital Pharmacy Department, Hamlyn Terrace NSW 2259 3Clinical Educator, Speech Pathology Department, Wyong Hospital; Hamlyn Terrace NSW 2259 Background...

Shawn Lee1, Jan Coull2 1Tasmanian Health Service. 41 Frankland St, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250. Shawn.lee@ths.tas.gov.au 2Tasmanian Health Service. Anne O’byrne Bld, Cnr Charles & Howick St, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250. Jan.coull@ths.tas.gov.au The Northern Integrated Care Service (NICS) was purposely designed and built...

Jane-Maree Perkins1, Nicole Byrne2, Joanne Walters3 1The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Clinical Educator, Speech Pathology Department, Cessnock District Hospital, Lower Hunter Sector, HNELHD Jane-Maree.Perkins@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au 2The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Nicole.Byrne@newcastle.edu.au 3The University of Newcastle,...

Owen Allen 1Phoenix Functions, 5 Jack St, Atherton, Qld, 4883. owen@phoenixfunctions.com.au Premised on the need for a broad cultural shift in Australian society as the fundamental process for improving health across the lifespan and the immediate generations to come, this...

Kim Rusten Macquarie Unit, Orange Health Service – Bloomfield campus, Mental Health Drug & Alcohol services, Western NSW LHD, Locked Bag 6008, Orange NSW 2800.  kim.rusten@health.nsw.gov.au  Background: Our lives are increasingly focussing on computer access via desktop computers, laptops, tablets...

Mr David Butt Chief Executive Officer of National Rural Health Alliance The National Mental Health Commission’s Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services – Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities – highlighted the existing complexity, inefficiency and fragmentation of Australia’s mental health...