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Mental Health Service Planning.

Use when planning a new mental health service, redesigning an existing one, or conducting a service review.

ChatGPT Β· Claude Β· GeminiΒ·IntermediateΒ·~291 tokens
Curated by the AIPP team
Last updated 14 May 2026 Β· v3
mental-health-service-planning.md Β· 291 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help {{target_user}} complete a Mental Health Service Planning.

# Context
Original working context:
- Act as a mental health service planner and policy specialist. Help me design or improve a mental health service. Service type: {{acute_inpatient_community_early_psychosis_youth_older_adult_forensic}} Population served: {{catchment_and_demographic_profile}} Current state: {{existing_services_and_gaps}} Resources available: {{staff_beds_budget_context}}
- Step 1: Map the current service against the stepped care model β€” identify which levels are well-served and which have gaps.
- Step 2: Conduct a needs assessment framework β€” what data is needed to understand the mental health needs of this population.
- Step 3: Design a service model for the identified gap β€” what components are needed, with rationale.
- Step 4: Write the workforce plan β€” what staff categories, in what numbers, with what competencies.
- Step 5: Write a community engagement strategy β€” how to involve consumers and carers in service design and ongoing governance.

# Goal
Produce the exact deliverable requested for this use-case. Make the output practical, specific, and ready to use.

# Constraints
- Use the user's variables exactly where relevant.
- Avoid generic filler and vague advice.
- Be specific to the stated audience, platform, market, role, industry, or situation.
- Ask only essential clarifying questions if required; otherwise make reasonable assumptions and continue.

# Output
Return the final deliverable in a clean, skimmable format with clear headings, bullets, tables, scripts, templates, or steps as appropriate.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{acute_inpatient_community_early_psychosis_youth_older_adult_forensic}}Acute inpatient community early psychosis youth older adult forensicinsert your specific value
{{catchment_and_demographic_profile}}Catchment and demographic profileinsert your specific value
{{existing_services_and_gaps}}Existing services and gapsSEO content writing
{{staff_beds_budget_context}}Staff beds budget context$1,000
{{role}}Rolefreelance client onboarding strategist
{{target_user}}Target usera freelance consultant

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone β€” formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

Use when planning a new mental health service, redesigning an existing one, or conducting a service review.

PRO TIP

Services designed without consumer and carer input consistently fail to meet the needs they were designed to address β€” co-design is not a consultation exercise, it is a design method.

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