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Improving mental health in a changing NHS
- Author:
- TYSON Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 9(4), December 2006, pp.30-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Progress has been made, through implementation of the National Service Framework for Mental Health, in improving services for people with mental health difficulties. The author looks at further changes that need to be made in the future. She highlights the need to put the individual needs of service users at the centre of service provision and improve the way services are commissioned. This is a reprint of the article by Kathryn Tyson (2007) Improving mental health in a changing NHS. The Mental Health Review 12(1), pp.31-33.
Guidance for commissioners of primary mental health care services: volume two: practical mental health commissioning
- Author:
- JOINT COMMISSIONING PANEL FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is about the commissioning of good quality, integrated primary mental health care. It suggests that mental health problems should be managed mainly in primary care by the primary health care team working collaboratively with other services, with access to specialist expertise and to a range of secondary care services as required. Effective treatment of common mental health disorders in primary care requires integrated services using a stepped care model. This should deliver evidence-based treatments that can be accessed via flexible referral routes, including self-referral, and offer a choice of psychological and non-psychological interventions. Allocation of funds to reflect these principles will result in better integrated patient care pathways that are able to meet a wider range of needs.
Health and social care reform: making it work for mental health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. All Parliamentary Group on Mental Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In April 2011, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health (APPGMH) launched a year-long inquiry into the effect that the reforms contained in the Health and Social Care Bill would have on both mental health services and those that use them. The APPGMH was concerned that mental health could lose out, despite its impact on the population and the NHS. The purpose of the inquiry was therefore to explore the potential challenges and difficulties posed by the reforms, and make recommendations for overcoming any such challenges. Over the course of a year, evidence was taken from people with mental health problems, carers, the Minister for Care Services, clinicians, voluntary sector providers and representatives of minority groups. Four areas emerged in which there were key concerns: commissioning; local decision making; integrated care pathways; and personalisation and patient choice. Recommendations are provided to Clinical Commissioning Groups, Health and Wellbeing Boards, the Government, and MPs to address these concerns.
Changing times: improving services for older people; report on the work of the Health and Social Care Change Agent Team 2003/04
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 78p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is the second annual report of the Health and Social Care Change Agent Team (CAT). It sets out the work carried out by members of the team, CAT's associates and expert group members in 2003/4. It is meant to be a useful source of practical information and examples of ‘what works’, not just a historical account of past activity. In summary, in 2003/4 CAT has: worked with a further eight health and social care communities, involving a total of 15 councils, 29 PCTs, 20 hospital trusts and 6 other trusts; delivered a dedicated programme to support the introduction of reimbursement under the Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc) Act 2003; produced a further range of development and support products on commissioning and other good practice themes; begun to plan and implement new work on supporting improvements in mental health services for older people (jointly with the National Institute for Mental Health in England) and establishing a new learning and improvement network on better commissioning; and contributed to 67 national and regional events, and directly organised 24 events.
Providing mental health advocacy in a patient-centered NHS
- Author:
- KINTON Mat
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 7(2), June 2002, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Patient advocacy is seen by the government as tied into a structure aimed at facilitating patient and public involvement in the NHS. This article argues that mental health advocates and their commissioning bodies may have to struggle to maintain a meaningful definition of their service in the face of competing advocacy schemes and expectations of service monitoring.
Children in mind: child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper summarising the arguments for a more systematic approach to planning and financing mental health services for children and young people. This means assessing needs, taking stock of current services and transcribing outstanding needs into service requirements. The focus should be on services that are known to be effective, and they should be supported by information systems that help clinicians to monitor outcomes. Makes recommendations for those responsible for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in NHS trusts and for those who are responsible for commissioning them.
Mental health services: heading for better care; commissioning and providing mental health services for people with Huntingdon's Disease, acquired brain injury and early onset dementia
- Editors:
- WILLIAMS Richard, BARRETT Ken, MUTH Zena
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 196p.,tables,diags.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report presenting the findings and recommendations of the HAS review which set out to evaluate the prevailing state of mental health services for people with acquired brain injury, early onset dementia, and Huntington's Disease. Includes sections on: strategy for the future; commissioning and purchasing services; key issues affecting the design and delivery of services; the implications for the providers of services; and checklists and references.
Children in mind: child and adolescent mental health services
- Author:
- AUDIT COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Audit Commission
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 106p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Argues for a more systematic approach to planning and financing mental health services for children and young people. This means assessing needs, taking stock of current services and transcribing outstanding needs into service requirements. The focus should be on services that are known to be effective, and they should be supported by information systems that help clinicians to monitor outcomes. Makes recommendations for those responsible for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in NHS trusts and for those who are responsible for commissioning them.
Implementing caring for people: the role of the GP and primary healthcare team
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 30p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a series of studies looking into the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990. This paper made recommendations for changes and improvements to the implementation process, where it involves GP's and primary health care teams, under the following headings: referrals for assessment; assessment; care management; discharge from hospital; admissions to care; information systems; black and minority ethnic communities; user and carer experiences; people with mental health problems; working relationships; and commissioning and purchasing.