Options Appraisal within Strategic Planning
Excerpts from our Options Appraisal for Mental Health and Substance Use integration.
The objective of an options appraisal is to:
- provide a framework for decision making at the local level through the comparison and assessment of different models care and services
- define models of care and services assess their performance against specified criteria, based on available evidence
This kind of analysis enables decision makers and stakeholders to explore different models of care and make informed judgements on how different approaches can address the specific problems they have.
Below are four resources that walk you through the various components of the options appraisal we undertook for our work on mental health and substance use integration.
- A summary of the methodology we used for the Mental Health and Substance Use options appraisal
- A policy and data sheet that outlines the relevant strategic context for mental health and substance use for consideration within the analysis of the options appraisal
- An outline of different kinds of integration to help inform the creation of the options analysed in this options appraisal
- An analysis of the various options for models of care within mental health and substance use