Identified physical health needs are addressed in partnership with the person with lived experience across population health, primary care, acute, non-acute and community services.
High-quality holistic care requires a coordinated team approach, often across discipline, specialty, service, organisation and sectoral boundaries.
An integrated physical and mental health care plan is essential to reinforcing the commitment to physical health care and supports the regular review and progression of goals and actions.
Evidence supports interventions that take a strengths-based approach and actively target modifiable risk factors. Goals should be planned collaboratively and shared with supporters (such as service providers, carers, families and friends).
Support to navigate care ensures that people are referred to, and are supported to access, necessary treatments.
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