With the year coming to a close we would like to take a moment to reflect on the work we have put out in the last 12 months. Here at APMHA HealthCare we have:

• Changed our Company status from a privately-run Company (Australian Primary Mental Health Alliance) to a Not For Profit organisation (APMHA HealthCare Ltd).
• Re-branded and updated our APMHA HealthCare Ltd website.
• Achieved our second year of Quality Accreditation with ISO-9001 and National Mental Health Standards.
• Opened two wellness hubs – called “Alaya House” (Shepparton and North Melbourne) offering clients a welcoming and safe environment to receive much needed counselling and support.
• Delivered over 21,830 sessions to approximately 3355 people across 9 PHN program streams in Victoria and NSW.
• Participated in the Bushfires of 2009 Community Support Committee and Project to support the 10-year commemorative services in January – March with our partners. Here we provided community support at 28 events and providing information to over 2000 people.
• Implemented a new contract management system (Folio) to streamline and automate our business systems and provider and funder contractual obligations.
• Renewed our funding contracts with WVPHN, CESPHN and Murray PHN.
• Awarded a new contract through United Synergies to deliver Standby Support After Suicide Program across the Murray PHN region.
• Submitted our NDIS registration to enable our workforce to provide services through the NDIS to registered clients in 2020.
• Delivered over 32 training events to 150 GPs and practice staff
• Delivered 16 Mental Health First Aid training sessions across to 320 people.
• Supported our 145 highly skilled mental health providers working across Australia.
• Delivered monthly supervision sessions to three groups of allied health providers.
• Supported 4 employed staff to commence work as private providers in their own businesses.
• Expanded our therapeutic services to now include Residential Aged Care Facilities through the Older Minds Pilot Program
• Selected as a trial site for the new PHN Intake, Assessment and Referral project to be rolled out in 2020
• Continued to expand our EAP services
• Consulted with various PHNs on new projects and service models / designs
• Gained new APMHA staff in our dynamic and dedicated intake and admin teams – Phoebe, Louise, Susan & Aminah, and our clinical teams: Jane, Kerry, Rose, Lyn and Glenn
• Said our farewells to amazing staff: Sharyn, Helen, Fran and Gillian