In 2017 HOI was engaged by Queensland Health to review the Alignment and Transition Arrangements between Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Services in Queensland. A comprehensive review of the national and international literature on alignment and transition arrangements between adolescent and adult mental health service systems was undertaken to identify best practice approaches with consideration to the Queensland context and to produce evidence based report for improving the transition adolescents moving into adult mental health services.
Queensland Health accepted the following deliverables from HOI: draft and final Project Plans; an Environmental Analysis Discussion Paper; a final Service-Mapping Framework; the conduct of a full service mapping across 16 hospital and health services; an online survey; Service Mapping Discussion Paper; conduct of case studies, involving face-to-face consultations and focus group discussions with a range of mental health stakeholders; draft and Final Reports.