Rethink 2020 - Tasmania's strategic plan for mental health
Rethink 2020 is Tasmania’s strategic mental health plan. It is a shared approach to improving mental health outcomes for all Tasmanians. It strengthens the Government’s initial 2015 plan and focuses on new areas.
- suicide prevention
- improving coordination of services for people with severe and complex mental illness
- improving the physical health of people with mental illness
- providing ‘stepped care’ mental health services best suited to a person’s needs.
Download the Rethink 2020 Strategic Plan.
Download a summary of Rethink 2020.
Rethink 2020 Implementation Plan
- The Rethink 2020 Implementation Plan guides our approach and activities to deliver Rethink 2020.
Download the Rethink 2020 Implementation Plan
What’s in the Rethink 2020 Implementation Plan?
The Plan focuses on critical partnerships. This is to ensure a consistent and integrated approach to best-practice mental health service planning and delivery. It outlines new activities against each reform direction and allocates responsibilities for delivery. It also includes activities under each of the new areas of focus:
- suicide prevention
- improving the coordination of services for people with severe and complex mental illness
- improving the physical health of people with mental illness
- providing mental health services across a ‘continuum of care’.
Who is involved?
The Implementation Plan is a collaboration between:
- Department of Health (Tasmania)
- Primary Health Tasmania
- Mental Health Council of Tasmania.
It is endorsed by the Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Leadership Group.
Other partners and stakeholders
- Flourish Tasmania
- Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania
- Tasmanian Health Service
- National Disability Insurance Agency
How will the Plan be monitored?
A framework for monitoring and evaluating achievements is under development. The Implementation Plan will be reviewed and updated each year to 30 June 2025 to:
- be flexible and responsive to the changing national mental health and suicide prevention environment
- reflect the outcomes of ongoing consultations.
Where to get more information
Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Directorate
- Phone: 03 6166 0774
- Email: director.mhadd@health.tas.gov.au
Primary Health Tasmania
- Phone: 1300 653 169
- Email: info@primaryhealthtas.com.au
