Understanding the supports needed for policy implementation: a comparative analysis of the placement of intermediaries across three mental health systems

BackgroundIntermediaries are organisations or programmes that work between policy-makers and service providers to facilitate effective implementation of evidence-informed policies, programmes and practices. A number of intermediaries now exist in well-established mental health systems; however, research on them, and how they may be optimised to support implementation is lacking. This research seeks to understand the puzzling variation in the …