Submission on the Draft National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce.

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  
• Foreword
  
• Specific Critique
  
• Important omission in NPS
  
• NPS Foreword
  
• Lack of evidence
  
• Assumed expectation of uptake of Standards
  
• Consumers not Patients to educate mental health workforce
  
• Government role
  
• Introduction
  
• Reform agenda
  
• Generic mental health worker
  
• Doctor-patient relationship
  
• Target groups and Development
  
• Consultation
  
• Implementation
  
• Practice Standard 1
  
• Privacy and Confidentiality
  
• Evidence based
  
• Safety
  
• Practice Standard 2
  
• Consumerism
  
• Team Work
  
• Practice Standard 4
  
• Practice Standard 5
  
• Practice Standard 6
• Practice Standard 7
• Practice Standard 8 - 9
• Practice Standard 11
• Quality assurance
• Conclusion
• Recommendations
• Remedial Policy Suggestions
  
• Conclusion