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Lived Experience Inclusion Plan

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The Mental Health Commission (Commission) has released its Lived Experience Inclusion Plan (LEIP), a key initiative of the Joint Leadership Group (JLG) and an important component of system-wide transformation.

Alongside the Commission’s LEIP, the Department of Health and Health Service Providers are progressing their own agency-specific LEIPs and related initiatives. Together, these plans support a coordinated, system-wide approach to strengthening lived experience inclusion, workforce development, governance and engagement across Western Australia. This page will continue to be updated as further information becomes available, including links to agency LEIPs, summaries and related initiatives.

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What is the LEIP?

The Commission’s LEIP outlines a five year commitment to ensuring lived and living experience meaningfully shapes how we design, deliver and improve services, develop policy and make decisions. The LEIP supports sustained organisational and system change aligned with the aspirations of the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Strategy 2026-2031.

The LEIP focuses on building organisational capability, strengthening our workforce and placing lived experience at the centre of everything we do.

The LEIP and its implementation approach is shaped through extensive engagement with lived and living experience partners, Commission staff and sector stakeholders. This collaborative process was grounded in respect, cultural humility and a commitment to genuine partnership. It was guided by the National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Development Guidelines, and the Western Australian Lived Experience (Peer) Workforces Framework.

Next Steps

Progress will be monitored through Annual Snapshot Reporting to the JLG, supporting transparency, accountability and continuous improvement.

For more information, contact LivedExperienceWorkforces@mhc.wa.gov.au.

Related Initiatives

The Commission is also progressing its Commissioning Maturity Action Plan, which complements the LEIP and aims to strengthen and streamline commissioning processes to ensure we communicate and enable co-design and cultural responsiveness in engagement and meet the expectations of the community. 

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Lived Experience
Commissioning Maturity Action Plan
Stakeholder Engagement

Page last updated3 August 2026

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We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of our State and its waters. The Commission wishes to pay its respects to Elders both past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples seeing this message.

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Recognition of Lived Experience

We recognise the individual and collective expertise of those with living and lived experience of mental health, alcohol and other drug issues and suicidal crisis, including their families and carers.

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