Leadership and culture change
Mental health and substance use
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This section covers what needs to be included within local protocols to ensure that strong leadership supports ongoing implementation and improvement across services, and a collaborative and enabling culture is actively fostered.
Consider the below:
- What communication routes exist between staff and leadership teams to involve staff in change processes, enable problem solving of operational challenges and ensure awareness of ways of working?
- How do you ensure an understanding of ongoing challenges or operational barriers?
- Do you have endorsement from senior clinicians highlighting the importance and benefits of collaboration across mental health and substance use services?
- Is there proactive challenge of stigma and myths around co-occurring conditions?
- How is this work aligned with other key drivers for mental health and substance use integrations? Including National Drugs Mission, Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Core Standards and the improving physical health agenda.
- How do leaders remove operational barriers? Such as:
- What sponsorship is provided to support the implementation of new ways of working?
- How are staff in your services enabled and empowered?
- What opportunities are there to bring together stakeholders?
Find out more about Leadership and Culture Change. You will find detailed examples of the above and how this could look in practice.