General Practice Queensland has recently been provided with funding from Queensland Health’s Chronic Disease Strategy to develop and deliver a 6 month scoping study into improving the physical health of people with a severe mental illness (SMI) in Queensland. For further information and details of the upcoming consultation events, refer to the project Fact Sheet.
A discussion paper is now available. This discussion paper was used to inform the consultation process that is described in the fact sheet. If you wish to request a copy of the literature review, on which this discussion paper is based, please contact Karen Hale-Robertson.
The consultation process is now complete and the findings are being written into a final report which will be submitted to Queensland Health by 31 December 2008. This final report will pull together feedback from the online consultation and six face-to-face consultation events to describe opportunities to build on existing nation-wide good practice, processes and strategies for treating and improving the physical health of individuals with severe mental illness in Queensland. The report will also explore linkages with relevant state-wide and local primary mental health care initiatives.
Just under 200 individuals took part in the face-to-face and online consultation process - a summary of feedback will be made available via this website in late November.
For further information regarding this project, please contact:
Karen Hale-Robertson
Senior Program Leader – Mental Health
Email: khale-robertson@gpqld.com.au
Phone: 07 3105 8300