The first phase of this work involved exploring what we mean by integrated care and key barriers and enablers to delivering good integrated care in contemporary practice.
These workshops brought together more than 40 stakeholders from across Victoria, including mental health practitioners, alcohol and other drug (AOD) practitioners, clinical leaders, peer workers, and lived experience advocates to discuss the design of a best practice model of integrated care to support individuals with co-occurring mental illness and addiction.
What we heard during these workshops is collated in the Workshop Report, and one-page summaries of the key findings.
In addition, a new series of workshops was conducted with senior clinical leaders and managers of Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (AMHWBs) as participants. They were brought together to understand barriers and enablers to integrated care transformation within mental health service settings.
What we heard during these workshops is available in the Hamilton Centre Consultation Report #3 - Mental Health Leaders and Managers.
This research and the contributions of participants will support the Hamilton Centre as we work toward developing a best practice model of integrated care for people with co-occurring substance use or addiction and mental illness.