Implementation planning

Implementation planning templates can support your team. This tool is designed to be used once you have tried and tested your change ideas in a variety of contexts.

You should consider:

• the impact of change ideas,
• enablers and barriers to change,
• roles and responsibilities, and
• immediate next steps.

There is also a lessons learned log that will be a useful addition to the implementation planning template.

The implementation planning template involves 5 steps that can help you implement and embed your change ideas:

• Standardisation: the process necessary to maintain change.
• Documentation: clear documentation on the change you are implementing.
• Measurement: how you will know if your change is an improvement.
• Education: how are new ways of working being integrated into staff. education for new and existing staff.
• Resources: what resources are needed to implement your change idea.

Supporting protocol – how you might use this tool:

When adapting and implementing a local mental health and substance use protocol, this tool can assist with:

• Embedding your change ideas into business as usual
• Provide an outline of the staff and resources needed to make your change ideas future proof
• Provide evidence that your change idea can move beyond testing and implementation into spread.

While completion of the implementation checklist may not require workshops or QI based sessions, your team will need to meet or schedule a check in to discuss the various elements of the checklist and how you will complete it. These could be in person or online.