Grand Rounds 2022: Making mental health everyone's business, an update on the Campus Mental Health Strategy

11 May 2022

Watch on the RCH Grand Rounds webpage

 

Synopsis

The Melbourne Children’s Campus (the Campus) has the culture and expertise to provide our infants, children and young people, and their families with world class mental health care (The RCH), built on sound evidence (MCRI), and workforce training and education (University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics). The integration of mental health research, education and care across the Campus underpins the Campus Mental Health Strategy (Strategy), a five-year Strategy that has been funded for the first 2 years by The RCH Foundation. A team of 14 people will lead and implement the Strategy, supported by many leaders and staff from across the Campus.

This Grand Round will provide an update on the progress in the Strategy as we head into year 2, as well as bring the vision of the Strategy to life. How will the journey and outcomes for children and their families be different because of the Strategy? How will the skills and experiences of staff be strengthened by the Strategy? And what will be different across the Campus in 5 years’ time? And perhaps even more importantly how can you get involved and be part of the Strategy journey?

The Grand Round will outline how the Strategy and the RCH Mental Health Transformation Program (Royal Commission) are working closely together for generational change across the spectrum of mental health and wellbeing.

 

Speakers

  • Associate Professor Tom Connell Chief of Medicine, Executive Sponsor, Campus Mental Health Strategy.
  • Professor Harriet Hiscock: Director, RCH Health Services Unit and co-Group leader, Health Services and Economics, MCRI. Chair, Strategy Steering Committee. 
  • Belinda Horton: Program Director, Campus Mental Health Strategy, RCH. 
  • Emily Unity (they/them): Senior Project Officer Lived Experience, Campus Mental Health Strategy, RCH. 
  • Professor Amanda Wood: Research Lead, Campus Mental Health Strategy, MCRI. 
  • Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman: Academic Lead, Campus Mental Health Strategy, University of Melbourne.