The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum (NMHCCF) was established by the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council Mental Health Standing Committee (AHMAC MHSC) in 2002 in recognition of the continued need for mental health consumer and carer involvement at the highest level of policy development. It provides a mechanism for mental health consumers and carers to come together to foster partnerships and to ensure the input of consumers and carers to activities of the mental health sector including reform of mental health policy and service delivery in Australia.
Because the NMHCCF is a key national independent consumer and carer voice for Australia it is essential that its members have the appropriate skills to represent their constituency at a national level and an understanding of the obligations and responsibilities of undertaking representation.