Working together to develop local care pathways

People with complex mental health conditions often benefit from a mix of services and supports. The support they need goes beyond clinical management, and includes psychosocial support and the need to address the social determinants of health. These services and supports should be provided in a way that wraps around the person and delivered in a coordinated and integrated way.

To ensure people are receiving the right service, in the right place, at the right time, Brisbane North PHN has commenced a project to define what services and supports are available in the North Brisbane and Moreton Bay region.

Brisbane North PHN is partnering with expert organisations to facilitate the development of evidence-based, locally relevant and jointly agreed care pathways relating to five conditions or areas:

• eating disorders [led by Eating Disorders Qld]

• intellectual disability [led by Queenslanders with Disability Network]

• personality disorders [led by Neami National]

• perinatal [led by Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness]

• suicide prevention [led by Brisbane North PHN].

Each of these organisations will be consulting further with professional experts and people with lived experience to define the local pathways. The project will lead to the development of information products that will aim to benefit people accessing services and service providers undertaking assessments and referrals.

Brisbane North PHN has engaged Beacon Strategies to provide backbone support to the process, ensuring collaboration and consistency between each pathway. For more information about the project, please contact the project team via email to info@beaconstrategies.net.