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The HSRCU has over twenty years of research and consulting experience in mental health system planning and policy development as well as operational reviews both of individual mental health organizations and systems of mental health supports and services. Our consulting approach is research-based** and attempts explicitly to apply the available research evidence of best/better practices to the problem at hand. We regularly convene multidisciplinary teams of senior consultants to undertake consulting projects. Please click here if you would like to view the Consultant profiles or go to the people section.

Examples of reports from the consulting projects are available. Please go to the resources section or click here to view reports pertaining to: 1) Systems Planning and Development, 2) Articulation of Best Practices, 3) Program Evaluation, Planning and Implementation, and 4) Data Trends and Analysis. A listing of the General Hospital/Community Services Reviews that our Consulting Team has been involved with can be viewed below. Please note that these reports are not for distribution.

Information inquiries can be directed to Stephanie Ali and requests for projects can be directed to Paula Goering.

General Hospital/Community Services Reviews

• Humber Memorial Hospital, Toronto - Program planning consultation. 1995/96.
• Home Care Program of Metropolitan Toronto - Mental health services review and future planning advice. 1996.
• British Columbia Ministry of Health - Functional programming for tertiary mental health services for Northern BC and Vancouver Island. 1996.
• Chatham Kent Health Alliance - Operational review and planning advice re: Mental Health Services (with KPMG). 1997.
• Humber Regional Hospital - Planning advice re: mental health services. 1998.
• St Thomas-Elgin General Hospital - Functional Program for new Psychiatry Services (with IPR Inc.) 1997/1998.
• Niagara District Health Council:- Policy and planning advice re: Niagara region's tertiary mental health care: directions for reform. 1998.
• Cambridge Memorial Hospital - Functional Program for new Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (with IPR Inc). 1998.
• Thunder Bay Regional Hospital - Review of Mental Health Services. 1999.
• Kingston General Hospital/Queen's University - Planning advice and functional programming for new Inpatient Psychiatry Teaching Unit. 1999.
• St Michael's/Wellesley General Hospital, Toronto - Operational review of Inpatient Psychiatry Services. 1999.
• Partners in Service, Niagara Region - Planning assistance in mechanisms for improving and streamlining access to the regional mental health service system. 1999-2000.
• Muskoka Parry Sound Community Health Service - Advice re: programming directions and organizational issues. 2000.
• Northeastern Mental Health Centre, North Bay - Functional programming advice. 2000.
• Niagara Health System - Review of hospital-sponsored mental health services (three sites) and recommendations for creating an integrated regional service system. 2001.
• London Mental Health Crisis Service - Program review. 2001.
• Northeastern Mental Health Centre - Study of the feasibility of co-locating longer-term mental health services (now at Sudbury Algoma Hospital) at the new Sudbury regional hospital site. With IPR and Dunlop Architects. 2002.
• Grey Bruce Huron Perth District Health Council - Study of utilization patterns for the inpatient mental health services at Grey Bruce Health Services (Owen Sound Schedule I site). 2002.