Implementation Plan

Following the findings from the Independent Review of the Health Services Act 2016, an Alcohol and Other Drugs Governance Working Group (the Working Group) was convened in October 2023 to inform optimal governance arrangements. Membership consisted of peak body, sector and consumer representatives, and representatives from the Commission and Department of Health. The Working Group considered strategies to elevate alcohol and other drugs within the broader system, which were aligned to an agreed set of guiding principles. 

In addition to the establishment of the Office, the Commission will deliver a suite of strategies to discharge the principles of the Working Group and elevate the focus of alcohol and other drugs across the broader system. 

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board, as well as other governance arrangements will provide advice, and be regularly updated on, the delivery of the strategies outlined in the plan, and the Commission will formally report on progress within its Annual Report.

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