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Crossing boundaries: improving integrated care for people with mental health problems: final Inquiry report
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the findings from the Mental Health Foundation’s Inquiry into integrated health care for people with mental health problems. The Inquiry ran from April 2012 to June 2013. Its aim was to identify good practice, generate discussion, and draw up key messages on integrated healthcare for people with mental health problems. The Inquiry identifies and discusses nine factors that enable good integrated care: information-sharing systems; shared protocols; joint funding and commissioning; co-located services; multidisciplinary services; liaison services; navigators; research; and reduction of stigma. The future of effective integrated care therefore lies primarily in recruiting, maintaining and developing a workforce, both in health and social care, and in other organisations who have contact with people with mental health needs, and which is passionate and committed to the principles and practice of holistic care and partnership working. The report considers two findings: first, a new way of thinking about health; and second, improving integrated care in current systems. (Original abstract)