"The aim of the strategy is to develop and support a well-led, high performing and sustainable mental health workforce delivering quality, recovery-focused mental health services. The focus of this strategy and plan is the workforce, whose primary role involves early intervention, referral, treatment, care or support to people with a mental illness, in a mental health service or other health service environment, including non-government community mental health services."--page 1.

"The aim of the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy is to develop and support a well-led, high performing and sustainable mental health workforce that delivers quality, recovery-focused mental health services. This accompanying Workforce Plan identifies specific activities in support of the strategy. With regard to timeframes, short-term items are those commenced within less than two years; medium-term, two to five years; and long-term, five to ten years."--page 1.