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Every day, nurses both save and improve lives, and their impact is greatest when they are properly empowered. At a moment of extraordinary global pressure, this year’s International Nurses Day (IND) theme focuses on making the structural changes needed to harness the power of the nursing workforce. Building on the last two IND reports, ‘The Economic Power of Care’ and ‘Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies,’ this new theme highlights the vital role of the nursing workforce to improve health outcomes and deliver trusted, person-centred primary care that can transform health systems and address our world’s biggest health challenges. 🔗 Learn more about the International Nurses Day campaign via the link in our bio!

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Join us on Friday May 1st for MHCN’s next Carer Connections Meeting! 💬 Each meeting offers a supportive and friendly space for mental health carers to connect, meet new people, and explore advocacy interests. By fostering mutual collaboration, these gatherings also play a key role in shaping MHCN's policy and advocacy work, ensuring that the voices of mental health carers, families, and friends help guide the organisation's priorities and areas of focus. If you're a carer, we’d love for you to join us for a chat! 👋 🔗 Click the link in our bio to register!

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Mental Health Carers NSW (MHCN) recognises the Federal Government's intention to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) but states that proposed reforms risk significantly jeopardising the healthcare provided to hundreds of thousands of carers who support people living with psychosocial disability. Without a completely funded alternative, fully operational system in place, carers will be left to fill the gaps. Many are at breaking point already. MHCN calls on the Federal Government to: ✅️ Preserve continuity of support for current NDIS participants with psychosocial disability until a funded and working alternative system is in place.
✅️ Ensure that the I-CAN Functional Assessment Tool is co-designed with people living with psychosocial disability, families and carers, and certified by professionals with psychosocial expertise before implementation.
✅️ Model and publicly report the full impact of funding cuts on participants, carers and the mental health system.
✅️ Deliver a clear and funded roadmap for the integration of NDIS and mainstream mental health services that includes families and carers’ navigation needs.
✅️ Engage carers as meaningful stakeholders in the design and implementation of all NDIS reforms affecting psychosocial disability. MHCN is committed to working with both the Government and the NDIA, as well as state and territory governments, to ensure that reform is strengthens, not diminishes, the lives of people with psychosocial disability and those who care for them. 📰 You can read our full media release on our website by clicking the link in our bio.

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