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Physical health in mental health: final report of a scoping group
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the final report of a scoping group that aimed to explore a range of issues concerning the general health of people with mental health problems with a view to making recommendations to the Council of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The report begins by introducing the scoping group, its key recommendations and an overview of physical health in mental health care. Part two looks at the physical health standards in place in four services: West London Mental Health Trust; psychiatry of intellectual disability; forensic psychiatric services; children and young people with mental health problems. Part three describes examples of interventions in physical healthcare. These include psychotropic prescribing; promoting healthy lifestyles in psychiatric services; an action plan to improve the physical health of patients in psychiatric services.
Domiciliary care: implementation of regulations and national minimum standards
- Author:
- WALES. National Assembly
- Publisher:
- Wales. National Assembly
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Work has been underway for some while to regulate domiciliary care services, where personal care is provided, in Wales following powers provided under section 22 of the Care Standards Act 2000. The Minister for Health and Social Services established a Task and Finish Working Group in August 2002 to provide expert advice on the realities of applying Regulations and National Minimum Standards to domiciliary care agencies in Wales.
Domiciliary care: national minimum standards; regulations
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
While broad in scope, these standards acknowledge the unique and complex needs of individuals, and the additional specific knowledge, and skills required in order to deliver a service that is tailored to the needs of each person. With the emphasis on caring for people with complex health and personal care needs living in their own home instead of in residential or nursing homes or long stay hospitals, the provision of personal domiciliary care services is evolving rapidly and reflects changes at the interface between health and social care. These standards will be applied to agencies providing personal care to the wide range of people who need care and support whilst living in their own home, including: older people, people with physical disabilities, people with sensory loss including dual sensory impairment, people with mental health problems, people with learning disabilities, children and their families, and personal or family carers.
Mental health services in primary care: a review of recent developments in London
- Authors:
- ROSEN Rebecca, JENKINS Clare
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This working paper aims to revisit findings from the 1997 King's Fund Inquiry on Mental Health and to examine the extent to which primary care mental health services have developed in line with recommendations made at that time. It takes a narrow view of 'primary care' as relating to general practice. Other community-based mental health services are addressed in other papers being produced as part of the Inquiry. The main focus of this paper is on general practice-based services for people with common mental health problems, and the role of PCTs in developing them. Findings are presented from a postal questionnaire of a 20% sample of London GP practices and a telephone survey of mental health leads in London PCTs.
Age concerns
- Author:
- MOORE Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 27.03.03, 2003, pp.37-41.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Some have claimed that the national service framework for older people has been patchy at best. Others describe a steady start for a programme that is lacking in financial investment. This article assesses the progress of the framework and finds that the reality lies between these two opinions.
National service framework for older people: executive summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Time to design upwards in mental health services for older people
- Author:
- GOSS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(2), December 2000, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Four main areas of working need improvement if services for older people with mental health needs are to match the aspirations of the National Service Framework for Older People and the NHS plan. The author describes what needs to be done and says that in the future we should be designing services from recipient upwards.
Service integration requires planning from the top
- Author:
- GREEN Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.3.99, 1999, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how while important steps have been made to improve care for mental health service users, the Social Services Inspectorate still believes that more ground can be made in integrating services.
Modernising mental health services: safe, sound and supportive
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Circular accompanying green paper setting out the Governments plans for improving services for people with mental health problems. Also incorporates the National Service Framework External Reference Group's emerging findings. The strategy also provides the context for the National Service Framework (NSF) on mental health which will be published in Spring 1999. The circular summarises work in hand on the NSF and outlines the action which health and local authorities, working with their partners, need to undertake between now and April 2000.
Mental wellbeing of older people in care homes: film
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 22 minutes 53 seconds
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
A film commissioned by the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care to help organisations and people to use the NICE quality standard on mental wellbeing of older people (QS50). The film focuses primarily on an a roundtable event which took place in March 2014 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and included key organisations from the health and social care sector. Also in attendance at the event were some of the older people resident at the Royal Chelsea Hospital infirmary who discussed what the quality statements meant to them and recounted their own experiences of living in a care home. The event discusses each of the six quality statements; what they mean and how they can be put into practice. The standards cover: participation in meaningful activity, personal identity, recognition of mental health conditions, sensory impairment and physical problems; and access to healthcare services. The film also contains interview footage from Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector for Social Care at the Care Quality Commission and Finbarr Martin, a Non-Executive Director at NICE. (Edited publisher abstract)