Mental Health Stepped Care Services - Mackay codesign session

Posted Friday 03 May 2024 | Northern Queensland Primary Health Network

Have your say on northern Queensland mental health and suicide prevention initiatives 

Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) and our partner Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) are undertaking codesign activities to inform the implementation of two important mental health and suicide prevention service initiatives.

Across the northern Queensland region, NQPHN commissions mental health stepped care services to support people with low, moderate, and high intensity mental health needs. Following an independent review of these services, NQPHN is codesigning a new model of stepped care with a focus on improving access, transitions in care, and integration.

• Read the full independent review report completed by PwC Australia here.
• You can read NQPHN’s background to the codesign process here.

NQPHN will take a phased approach to codesigning stepped care services, holding sessions in Cairns, Townsville, and Mackay in March, May, and July 2023. Intake, assessment, triage, and referral services, along with low intensity mental health services, will be a focus throughout all codesign activities. 

• March sessions will focus on services for people with high intensity needs.
• May sessions will focus on services for people with moderate intensity needs.
• June sessions will focus on the entire stepped care model.

People with a lived experience of mental health challenges or suicide, carers, service providers, GPs, and other stakeholders are invited to register for codesign sessions.

If you are unable to attend these sessions but would like to contribute, or would prefer to schedule an in-person or virtual meeting with NQPHN to discuss this work, please complete this form.

Your participation in these events will help to ensure services are designed to truly meet local needs.