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2.3 The Government should pilot an “Extended” Integrated Mental Health
Programme (IMHP) to encourage multidisciplinary mental health care and
leverage the private sector doctor workforce.

Policy direction 3
Hong Kong should leverage mental health support beyond
formal care

3.1 The Government should strengthen digital mental health services along the full
continuum of care. This includes consideration for conducting an impact study
of the “Shall We Talk” platform among the general public, and enhancing the
platform’s signposting function by referring individuals to specific services that
matches their needs after the initial assessment to lower service entry barriers.
Consideration should also be given to normalising the usage of digital mental
health for mental health intervention, monitoring and management including the
implementation of digital therapies and telepsychiatry services.

3.2 The Government should continue to promote workplace and employee mental
health. Firstly, the Government should spearhead efforts through mandating
bureaux and departments to join and sign the Mental Health Workplace
Charter (the Charter), and also commission research to develop a workplace
psychosocial risk assessment as an extension of the Charter. Secondly, the
Charter should be revised to strengthen requirements for providing training
to improve workplace mental health literacy. Charter signatories should also
be incentivised to provide early intervention services and training to support
employees in need.

Policy direction 4
Hong Kong must facilitate system-wide integration through
exploring the use of a multidisciplinary data communication
system and adopting a system-wide standardised mental
health care protocol to enhance care experiences

4.1 The Government should explore the potential use of a medical-psycho-social
data communication platform for person-centred care that is streamlined to
relevant healthcare and social sector professionals, as well as to the patients.

4.2 The Government should conduct mental health service planning that is
operationalised through a mental health sector-wide protocol including a
systematic stepped care approach, common assessment, and digital decision-
making tool.

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