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Mental Health Workers Alliance

Brochure Takes Steps To Burton  -  10 November 2004
An information brochure can be downloaded here, introducing the Mental Health Workers Alliance and providing a faxable form to Cherie Burton.
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Dr Anthony Llewellyn's speech to MHWA Conference 22 June 2005  -  06 July 2005
There has been a successive and systemic ignoring of the mental health of our nation by our Federal Government, our State Governments and by ourselves the people, Dr Anthony Llewellyn at the Mental Health Workers Alliance Conference in Sydney, 22 June 2005.
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Five Step Program For A Saner Mental Health System  -  04 November 2004
The Mental Health Workers Alliance has released its Charter outlining a five step program for a saner mental health system.
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Front Line Voices Welcome Senate Inquiry   -  18 February 2005
Front line workers will be making their voices heard in the Senate inquiry into mental health, the Mental Health Workers Alliance said today.
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Government Fine Tunes Commitment  -  07 July 2005
NSW Health Minister addresses MHWA delegates at MHWA Conference 22 June 2005.
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July ebulletin  -  25 July 2005
MHWA news and updates
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Letter To The Editor  -  16 May 2005
The human rights and clinical needs of incarcerated mentally ill people must be properly addressed, says a Mental Health Workers Alliance letter to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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MHWA Conference Agenda  -  31 May 2005
This conference is for front line mental health workers in health, policing, community and emergency services.
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MHWA E-Bulletin - March 2005  -  01 March 2005
Welcome to the latest Mental Health Workers Alliance email update, sent out in March 2005. These updates are sent out several times a year to subscribers.
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MHWA Update - June 2005  -  01 June 2005
This ebulletin looks ahead to the future of the Mental Health Workers Alliance, in which front line workers will be given the tools and the support they need to work together for a saner mental health system.
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Mental Health Workers Alliance Survey Exposes Holes In System  -  04 November 2004
Front line health, police and emergency workers are being forced to take large chunks of time away from their core work duties to care for mental health patients, the Mental Health Workers Alliance said today.
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Mental Health Workers Alliance Update: November 2004   -  15 November 2004
The Mental Health Workers Alliance has been established by the NSW Nurses’ Association, the Police Association of NSW, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (NSW), the Health Services Union NSW, and the Australian Services Union (NSW) in response to ongoing concerns among our members about the entrenched resource deficits in mental health services across NSW.
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Mental Health Workers Welcome Opposition Commitment  -  09 February 2005
The body representing frontline workers dealing with the mentally ill today congratulated Opposition leaser John Brogden on his increased commitment to mental health issues.
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NSW Govt Budget Boost For Mental Health  -  24 May 2005
Minister for Health, Morris Iemma has announced that emergency and community mental health services would be significantly enhanced by new mental health funding detailed in the $10.9 billion recurrent budget for health in NSW.
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Psychiatry Training Area Specific  -  25 July 2005
Representatives of the MHWA continue to meet regularly with Cherie Burton, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Departmental representatives.
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Rau Case Tip Of The Iceberg  -  10 February 2005
The MHWA called for a fair go for people living with mental illness when it this week joined a rally demanding a full and trasparent inquiry into the Cornelia Rau incident.
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Report Highlights Mental Illness Challenge  -  01 February 2005
The NSW Government's report on incident management in public hospitals shows that mental illness continues to be a major area of weakness in the state's health system, doctors in the public health system said today.
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Workers Lose Sleep Over Mental Health Nightmare  -  31 May 2005
Fall-out from chronic underfunding of the mental health system is causing some workers to lose sleep at night over the things that they are seeing, reports student journalist Glenn Freeman.
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