Commissioning Framework for Mental Health and Addiction
New Zealand’s Commissioning Framework for Mental Health and Addiction describes a methodology for commissioning for the full range of publicly funded care – including health promotion, primary, specialist, district health board and non-government organisation (NGO) care.
It provides a high-level framework that can be applied across the whole continuum of mental health and addiction care, and can adapt to changing national expectations and requirements.
The framework:
- describes best practice care and services within a system (or a part of that system) for a person or population group as they progress through the stages of a condition, injury or episode of care – allowing for localisation
- includes models of care that span a range of services, including primary and secondary services and those provided by NGOs and in the community
- includes social and cultural services that support the delivery or outcomes of health care
- requires commissioning bodies to deliver upon agreed national expectations and requirements.