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Refugee health policy and strategy action group: summary report, September 2019
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The Mental Health Foundation's Refugee Health Policy and Strategy Action Group was established to increase the engagement of refugees with the wider health and social care policy landscape in Scotland. The approach was to build capacity of refugee volunteers so that they could engage with the refugee community and represent lived experiences within local forums. This report outlines the achievement of the Mental Health Foundation's Refugee Health Policy and Strategy Action Group programme from July 2017 until June 2019, working within the three local authority areas in Scotland. It includes information on key barriers to involvement and on how asylum-seeking communities could be better engaged in public life. (Edited publisher abstract)
Commissioning services for older people and mental health problems: is there a shared vision?
- Authors:
- TUCKER Sue, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(2), April 2007, pp.3-12.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
UK policy seeks to shift commissioning of services 'closer to people' with a view to establishing shared visions of local care services grounded in the opinions and priorities of the public. But the participation of older people with mental health problems and their carers in the strategic planning process has been patchy. This article compares practitioner and public perspectives of the services that should be provided for older people with mental health problems in an area of North West England. Significant differences were found in the services the various stakeholder groups prioritised for development, and in their views on how they should be organised. The implications for commissioning are discussed.
The Esteem Team: co-ordinated care in the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service
- Authors:
- THIEL Veronika, et al
- Publisher:
- King's Fund
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
The Sandwell Esteem Team is part of the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (the Sandwell Wellbeing Hub) in the West Midlands. The hub is a holistic primary and community care-based approach to improving social, mental and physical health and wellbeing in the borough of Sandwell. The key aim of the Esteem Team is to support people with mild to moderate mental health conditions and complex social needs at an early stage, to prevent deterioration and admission to secondary care services. It aims to empower patients to take control of their own lives by offering guided therapies and tools for self-help. This report examines the process of care co-ordination: referrals; the care pathway; team culture; and ways in which information is exchanged. The impact of this pilot project has been assessed using the Core 10 assessment tool and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Health and Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), which indicate improvements for patients, who themselves comment on the support they receive. The authors observe that while subjects in the Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions series have unique histories which cannot be replicated elsewhere, the underliying principles and values in developing the service and its team can be applied elsewhere. These are: the involvement of patients and service users; the recruitment of staff with personal experience of mental health problems; awareness-raising and relationship-building; and the holistic psychosocial approach, tailoring care to patients' needs in a joined-up way. This study is part of a research project undertaken by The King’s Fund and funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation in the United States, to compare five successful UK-based models of care co-ordination. (Original abstract)
Completing the jigsaw: a service provider's response to the health needs of refugees in the London Borough of Camden
- Author:
- PALMER David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 2(1), March 2006, pp.15-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article is concerned with strategies for combating health inequalities for refugees. It explores a service provider's (St Pancras Refugee Centre) response to the mental health and social care needs of refugees in the London Borough of Camden. Drawing on primary and secondary research, this article presents relevant findings and theoretical discourse in this area. It also draws on the authors own experience of working with refugees, providing a holistic approach to their social care requirements and also highlights areas of good practice. The main focus is an examination of how social care and mental health needs are addressed. The article argues that providers need to develop services which engage with users on a mutually beneficial level in order to combat health inequalities and provide adequate health and social care provision.
Exploring the concept of recovery from the perspective of people with mental health problems
- Author:
- WARREN Kate
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia. School of Social Work and Psychosocial Studies
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 56p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Recovery is about seeing people and people seeing themselves as capable of recovery rather than as passive recipients of professional treatments. It is about working out strategies and taking control of our own lives. Within the recovery approach,developing in states in America, New Zealand and elsewhere, individuals are encouraged to learn more about their experience, and find ways to deal with their mental health experiences. People are actively supported to acquire the skills, knowledge and strength to reduce the prevalence or harmful experiences in safe, simple and effective ways. The focus is on self determination and cascading strategies. This means that those who participate in the groups will have a framework for recovery but will determine for themselves how they take this forward. This is a quite different way of doing things from the pervading methodology. It is about people taking control of their own lives, being responsible for their actions and self empowerment.
Not all in the mind: the physical health of mental health service users
- Author:
- SEYMOUR Linda
- Publisher:
- Mentality
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 41p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with severe and enduring mental health problems are at increased risk for physical illness, much of which is undetected. This report, based on qualitative research with service users, looks at user perspectives on all aspects of physical health, from exercise to smoking cessation. The report makes a series of recommendations for improving physical health care for people with mental health problems.
Putting participative research into practice
- Author:
- HUMPHRIES Beth
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 7(3), March 2001, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
Draws on two models to describe participative research in action and concludes that the ultimate test of the effectiveness of such research is whether service users can set their own agenda and mobilise to carry it out.
The needs of older people with mental health problems according to the user, the carer, and the staff
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Geraldine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(9), September 2003, pp.803-811.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Individual assessment of needs has been recognised as the most appropriate way to allocate health and social care resources. These assessments, however, are often made by the staff or by a carer who acts as an advocate for the user themselves. Little is known about how these proxy measures compare to how individual patients perceive their own needs. The aim of this study was to measure and compare ratings of need for older people with mental health problems by the older person themselves, their carer, and an appropriate staff member. One-hundred and one older people were identified from various mental health services and 87 users, 57 carers, and 95 staff were interviewed using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) to identify met and unmet needs. Users identified significantly fewer of their needs (5.5) than either staff (8.1) or carers (8.3) did, but this difference was accounted for by people with dementia reporting less needs. Users identified fewer psychological or social needs (e.g. daytime activities, company, or carer distress) than staff or carers did. The average Kappa indicating level of agreement between staff and user was 0.52, between user and carer was 0.53, and between carer and user was 0.58. This showed only a fair level of reliability between different ratings of need. User perspectives should be given a high priority when assessing individual needs. Fears that assessment of need would be unduly time-consuming or would simply reflect individual demands should be allayed. A user-based assessment will assist healthcare providers to prioritise needs according to what the user themselves consider to be most important, beneficial, and acceptable to them. Reliance solely on assessment by staff or carers may not lead to the most equitable or appropriate use of services.
Looking to the future: key issues for contemporary mental health services
- Editor:
- BASSET Thurstine
- Publisher:
- Pavilion Publishing,|Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 229p.bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Focusing on central issues and debates, key research findings and current challenges, the book is illustrated with mental health service users' poems and photographs, and presents a broad overview of the mental heath care system which is looking to the future. The book is intended as a reader for the Certificate in Community Mental Health Care. Contents include: perspectives on mental health and illness; issues around empowerment; carpers' testimonies; legal contexts across the UK; individual care planning; risk and safety; anti-racist practice in mental health assessment; community mental health services; working with people with long term needs; strategies for living with mental distress; understanding relationships; the soul of psychiatry.
Service framework for learning disability
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 157
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This Service framework for learning disabilities is one of a set of Service Frameworks which sets out standards for health and social care to be used by service users and carers, to help them understand the standard of care they can expect to receive in Northern Ireland. The Service Framework for Learning Disability aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability and their carers and families by promoting social inclusion, reducing inequalities in health and social wellbeing and improving the quality of health and social care services. The Framework sets standards in relation to: Safeguarding and Communication and Involvement in the Planning and Delivery of Services; Children and Young People; Entering Adulthood; Inclusion in Community Life; Meeting General Physical and Mental Health Needs; Meeting Complex Physical and Mental Health Needs; At Home in The Community; Ageing Well; and Palliative and End of Life Care. Each standard is accompanied by a statement on what the standard is intended to achieve. It also sets out the evidence base and rationale for the development of the standard and the performance indicators that will be used to measure that the standard during the three year period 2013 - 2016. The Framework has been developed with the involvement of people from all aspects of health and social care, including patients, users of services and their carers. (Edited publisher abstract)