With deep regional system knowledge, and a mandate to coordinate, commission and capacity-build, PHNs’ purpose is strongly aligned with the Agreement’s objectives to ‘build a better people-centred mental health and suicide prevention system for all Australians’.
The PHN Cooperative’s submission reflects on the Agreement through PHNs’ experience of national and jurisdictional governance and the regional implementation of activities and programs.
With expectations of a new Agreement in 2026, we offer recommendations for future Agreements, including clearer recognition of, and support for, the role that PHNs and the primary care sector can play in mental health and suicide prevention.
