Both the strategic plan and the quality framework were developed to align with and support the roll-out of the country’s mental health policy, ‘Sharing the Vision’, which is currently being implemented, and in anticipation of the expansion of the MHC’s regulatory remit in the near future.

It is the seventh strategy for the MHC since its establishment in 2002 and builds on the significant work undertaken by the regulator since the full commencement of its functions in 2006. The strategy also sets out the MHC’s ambition to operationalise a best-in-class Decision Support Service (DSS) on behalf of the State over the next five years.

See also:

• The national quality framework: implementation guide 
• The national quality framework: consultation report 
• RSCI evidence review of the mental health commission quality framework 
• Strategic plan 2023-28 and national quality framework 19.04.23 self-assessment toolkit