A comprehensive research trial of LifeSpan is being undertaken in 4 sites in NSW while implementation support is being provided by the LifeSpan team to sites across Australia.
LifeSpan NSW research trial
Funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation and with the support of the NSW Government and the NSW Mental Health Commission, LifeSpan is being delivered and comprehensively evaluated in four NSW sites. This follows a rigorous selection process that was undertaken to select sites on the basis of need, community and stakeholder readiness, and capacity.
LifeSpan will be implemented using a staged roll out with each of the four sites supported to implement LifeSpan over a 2.5 year period.
- Newcastle: Hunter New England LHD in partnership with Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network, Hunter Primary Care, Calvary Ltd and Everymind.
- Illawarra Shoalhaven: Coordinare – the South East NSW Primary Health Network
- Central Coast: Central Coast LHD
- Murrumbidgee: Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network
Supporting Commonwealth suicide prevention trial sites
The Black Dog Institute is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health to provide support to the 12 Primary Health Networks selected as trial sites for the National Suicide Prevention Trials.
The 12 sites receiving support from the LifeSpan team are:
| State/Territory | Trial sites |
| Queensland | 1. Townsville 2. Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland 3. Brisbane North |
| Northern Territory | 4. Darwin |
| Western Australia | 5. Mid West, Country Western Australia 6. Perth South 7. Kimberley, Western Australia |
| New South Wales | 8. North Coast 9. Western NSW |
| Victoria | 10. North Western Melbourne |
| Tasmania | 11. Tasmania |
| South Australia | 12. Country South Australia
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