General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC)

Overview

The GPMHSC is part of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (Better Access) initiative. The role of GPMHSC is to support GPs to deliver primary mental health care to patients seeking mental health treatment and assessment by setting the standards for and accrediting training providers to deliver mental health education and training for GPs. The purpose of the GPMHSC Future Funding Arrangements Grant Opportunity is to provide funding to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to establish and maintain standards of mental health education and training for GPs through the GPMHSC. The RACGP. The RACGP accredit training providers to provide training activities for GPs to undertake mental health skills training, focussed psychological strategies skills training and the delivery of other online training, and providing additional mentorship for trainees. Additional activities include developing resources to support GPs to provide mental health services while promoting the update of training to develop GPs knowledge. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.