National Mental Health Service Planning Framework model development
Overview
The NMHSPF project commenced in 2011 as a commitment under the Fourth National Mental Health Plan to “develop a national service planning framework that establishes targets for the mix and level of the full range of mental health services”. Researchers from Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research were involved in the first phase of NMHSPF development led by the New South Wales Ministry of Health, providing advice and expertise through the NMHSPF expert working groups and completing commissioned research on specific topics.
Since 2016, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research has led a program of work to review and refine the NMHSPF, and to train and support mental health planning staff within state and territory health departments, Primary Health Networks (PHNs), and Local Hospital Networks (LHNs) to understand and use the NMHSPF for their planning. In 2018, the research team was funded to undertake a three-year project for the ongoing development and maintenance of the NMHSPF.
This project included:
- Revising the overall epidemiology.
- Developing service modelling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, rural populations and young adults.
- Scoping the feasibility of incorporating a forensic component in the NMHSPF and developing draft components.
- Updating and streamlining the structure, modelling and consultation methods for developing NMHSPF inputs.
- Refining user documentation on the key assumptions, data sources and methods used to develop the NMHSPF.
- Supporting the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to transition the NMHSPF Planning Support Tool from Excel to a web-based platform and to implement the model enhancements.
The research team is currently working on further updates and enhancements to the NMHSPF model, with a focus on national planning for forensic mental health services.
For more information on the NMHSPF, please click here.
Currently Funded by
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Lead Investigator
Dr Sandra Diminic
Current Project Team
Charlotte Comben
Imogen Page
Claudia Pagliaro
Eryn Wright
Manuel Wailan
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