1. Non-Government Organisation Information Development Update on Information Development Activities Trevor Dare Manager, Information Development Performance and Reporting Directorate 30 th October 2013

2. Background MH NGOE SDC Process Next Steps Key Dates Introduction to the Web-based Instrument Questions Overview

3. Background Dec’11-Mar’12 – National working group July 2012 – Sector forum July 2012 – Information package distributed October 2012 – WA NGO Technical Working Group (TWG) formed –Five meetings to date –Information development MHC webpage Jan-Jun’13 – contract renewal

4. Background (cont.) Why? Collect nationally consistent information to better inform policy, practice and planning of NGO activities Recognised burden in regard to what when how and to whom TWG preferred solution (web-based) agreed to by the Commissions Corporate Executive Purpose is for one collection to meet requirements for Contract acquittal State KPI State Annual reporting Meet future National Minimum Data Set requirements

5. NGO AIHW MHC Reporting–the big picture NGO Systems WA MH NGOE SDC MH NGOE NMDS Feedback / Reports Contract Acquittal STATE Annual Report KPI Commonwealth National Mental Health Report Mental Health Services in Australia

6. MH NGOE SDC Data alignment with national definitions MHC contracts have changed to meet with this requirement. Reporting burden –Compared with previous years there are some small changes to what is being reported –Any additional burden offset by having a collection based on the principle of collect once use many times.

7. Process Consulted with NGO members of the TWG Consulted with MHC CX Researched potential providers based on specifications (TWG members provided with specification details) Government procurement process WebSurvey deemed most suitable and services procured Initial development and testing (MHC) User acceptance testing (MHC contract managers and TWG NGO members) Information sheet distributed to all MHC funded NGOs

8. Process (yet to complete) Changes to system based on UAT feedback Documentation (available within system) User guide Data guides Full specifications Training

9. Next Steps This is stage one of the development and has focused on data collection only Future phases Improve functionality (feedback from users) Add modules associated with 25 July 2014 reporting requirements Include more real time validation Incorporate historical data System generated reports/feedback

10. Key Dates Go Live date planned for Monday 2 December 2013 2013 standards and outcome monitoring 2014 service improvement plan 6 month activity reporting for period 1 Jul-31 Dec Due Date: 25 January 2014

11. Questions? Trevor Dare trevor.dare@mentalhealth.wa.gov.au (08) 6272 1281