Share Your Ideas

Gippsland PHN is holding a series of online events to encourage people to contribute their ideas, recommendations and priorities for meeting the aims of the Primary Mental Health Care and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Commissioning Strategy and services for 2022/2023.

Service providers and stakeholders

Gippsland PHN invites service providers and stakeholders to attend one of the online events to contribute their ideas, recommendations and priorities for meeting the aims of the Primary Mental Health Care and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Commissioning Strategy.

The aim of the commissioning strategy is to ensure Gippsland PHN is commissioning services which effectively meet the current needs of the Gippsland community. Stakeholder consultation is a key component informing the tender specification process, so please codesign with us and get involved.

Explore ways to address issues such as:

  • service navigation, service coordination, primary mental health / AOD integration, outcomes-based measures, innovative service delivery models, improved consumer experience, partnerships, new access models, digital health.


While the sessions have a key focus of primary mental health care or alcohol and other drugs, we will be exploring opportunities to strengthen integration of the two types of supports at all events.

We encourage participation of stakeholders at all levels, including leadership, clinicians and workers.

The sessions will be facilitated by external consultants.

  • Thursday 16 September, 8am-9.30am, zoom, Primary Mental Health Care
  • Friday 17 September, 12pm-1.30pm, zoom, Primary Mental Health Care
  • Monday 20 September, 12pm-1.30pm, zoom Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • Wednesday 22 September, 12pm-1.30pm, zoom, Primary Mental Health Care

Download flyer and register here. 

Consumers and people with lived experience

Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) invests in local mental health care services and drug/alcohol supports.

Gippsland PHN invites consumers and people with lived experience to attend one of the online events which are facilitated by people with lived experience, to contribute their ideas, recommendations and priorities for improved Primary Mental Health Care and Alcohol and Other Drug supports.

We are planning services for 2022/2023 and would like community members to be part of the process.

Help us make better decisions about the types of services needed to meet your needs.

  • How can we make services easier to find or easier to access?
  • What are your expectations when you use a service?
  • How can we improve your experience of using a service?
  • How can we make sure there are services available at all stages of your wellbeing or recovery journey?
  • How can we encourage services to work together?


We look forward to hearing your ideas and recommendations.

  • Thursday 23 September, 4pm-5.30pm, zoom
  • Wednesday 29 September, 12pm-1.30pm, zoom

Download flyer and register here. 

Share Your Ideas

Share your ideas on ways we can improve primary mental health care and drug/alcohol supports in Gippsland.

You may wish to consider some of the following issues in your contribution:

  • Improving the consumer experience
  • Improving the way we measure ‘help’ or ‘support’ / how we measure outcomes
  • Service navigation / finding services / accessing services
  • Population groups which may be missing out
  • Service coordination, or the way services work together
  • Combining mental health and alcohol / drug supports
  • New models of service delivery
  • Partnerships between services / service providers
  • Innovations
  • Digital health
  • Any other issues you consider important

Request an Interview

If you would like to submit your ideas, recommendations or priorities through a telephone interview with an external consultant, please email us Share Your Ideas to arrange a time.

Interviews close 30 September 2021.

If you would like to contribute after this date, visit Tell Gippsland PHN.