Lynne Coulson Barr

Dr Lynne Coulson Barr is Victoria’s first Mental Health Complaints Commissioner. The office was established under the Mental Health Act 2014 as a key part of the safeguards, oversight and service improvement provisions of the Act. Dr Coulson Barr is committed to working with consumers, families, carers and services to ensure complaints are seen as an opportunity to improve public mental health services, and to use the information from complaints to drive positive changes in the mental health system for all Victorians.