Jennifer McGrath has been appointed Mental Health Commissioner for the next five years.
She will be responsible for driving the Government’s efforts to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Western Australians, including suicide prevention and reducing alcohol and other drug harms.
This includes leading and guiding the Mental Health Commission and the mental health, alcohol and other drug sector as it develops increasingly consumer-focused and recovery-oriented care.
Ms McGrath is tasked with implementing the Government’s State Priorities 2020-2024, which highlights the immediate areas of focus in prevention; community support; community accommodation; treatment services; sector development; and system supports and processes.
The publicly funded sector includes hundreds of services, delivered by the main five public health service providers and more than 100 non-government mental health, alcohol and other drug service providers.
Ms McGrath has been acting in the role over the past year and has implemented enhanced sector governance arrangements, established strong relationships throughout the sector, and developed a system-wide leadership focus for the Commission.
Source: WA Government