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Safe, sustainable and productive staffing: an improvement resource for mental health services
- Author:
- NATIONAL QUALITY BOARD
- Publisher:
- NHS Improvement
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 43
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 1st ed
A guide to help standardise staffing decisions for mental health services in community and inpatient settings. This resource is designed to help commissioners and providers of NHS commissioned services, create, review and sustain safe and effective specialist health services for people with mental health needs of all ages. The resource draws on evidence from a commissioned rapid review of literature and professional review of practice. It aims to provide principles and an assurance framework to help standardise approaches to making decisions about staffing in a multidisciplinary mental health setting, within organisations and across the system supporting the patient experience and outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Could experts by experience gain positions of real power?
- Author:
- CLEWES Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, November/December 2014, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Experts by experience rarely get positions of real power in secondary mental health services. This article discusses the barriers facing experts by experience and whether they can have real power to influence decision making in service development within NHS mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and the economic downturn: national priorities and NHS solutions
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS, NHS CONFEDERATION. Mental Health Network, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing builds on the outcomes of a meeting convened by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Mental Health Network, NHS Confederation and the London School of Economics and Political Science on the impact of the economic downturn on mental health. This report outlines the challenges facing the sector which include a likely increase in the demand for mental health services and pressure on the UK government to reduce levels of public expenditure. It then sets out how policy makers, organisational leaders and health and social care professionals should respond. National priorities are identified as supporting people back into work, continuing investment into prevention and investing in research. Five main areas of NHS efficiencies identified - operational efficiencies, care pathways, staffing, wider system changes, and allocative decisions are also discussed.
With safety in mind: mental health services and patient safety
- Authors:
- SCOBIE Sarah, et al
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. National Patient Safety Agency
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 65p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report contains analysis which covers almost 45,000 mental health incidents reported to the agency’s National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) by mental health staff between November 2003 and the end of September 2005. It includes data from 75% of specialist mental health service providers in England and 80% of combined trusts in Wales. It also includes analysis of clinical negligence claims, data from death registrations, hospital activity and national surveys.
Integrating personal budgets for people with mental health problems
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide for professionals charged with integrating personal budgets for adults of working age with mental health problems. The guide provides an overview of the terminology and policy background and puts forward some recommendations for implementing integrated personal budgets in mental health. It describes what a good integrated personal budget looks like, highlights some of the challenges of integration, looks at what works well and provides examples from practice. It also examines the key areas that need to be tackled for integration at the point of the individual to become a reality. The guide draws on a review of available published research evidence, practice examples and visits to sites attempting to implement integrated personal budgets. An Advisory Group ensured the guide reflected experience and practice at the grass-roots level of service provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Towards equality for mental health: developing a cross-government approach
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH POLICY GROUP
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
This report, from the Mental Health Policy Group, considers in more detail the steps that must be taken by government if the ambition of 'parity of esteem' for mental health is to be achieved in England. It covers five areas to promote mental health: promoting good mental health and prevention; tackling inequalities in mental health, and tackling the role of stigma, discrimination and socio-economic factors in causing mental ill health; the NHS and support at the point of need; helping people with mental health problems to live well in the community; and the mental health workforce. For each area, the report recommends ways in which different parts of government can support people with mental health problems, and people at risk of developing them. The report represents a collective view of the Mental Health Policy Group, which consists of six national organisations working together to improve mental health. These are the Centre for Mental Health, the Mental Health Foundation, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network, Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health services: addressing the care deficit
- Author:
- NHS PROVIDERS
- Publisher:
- NHS Providers
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at the levels of demand reported by leaders of mental health trusts across the range of services they provide and examines what lies behind the growing pressures. It highlights increasing demand for mental health services resulting from the impact of growing social and economic hardship, in particular concerns about benefits cuts and the impact of universal credit. It also suggests that loneliness, homelessness and financial hardship are adding to pressures on NHS mental health services. Increasing demand for services come at a time of financial and capacity pressures such as: workforce shortages; constrained mental health funding which does not always reach the frontline services; and the impact of cuts to wider public services, in particular those commissioned by local authorities such as drug and alcohol services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Whole in one: achieving equality of status, access and resources for people with depression
- Authors:
- PAXMAN Jon, MANNING Julia
- Publisher:
- 2020 Health
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 50
- Place of publication:
- London
This report focuses on depression in adults, with particular emphasis on access to NHS services and treatment, the funding of services, depression in the workplace, and the role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). It draws on evidence from interviews and discussions with researchers and people living with depression or in supportive roles. The report questions the lack of diagnosis, treatment options and the apparent discrimination in availability of medicines, as well as the continued separation of mental health from physical health. The report sets out a series of recommendations aimed at: improving access to treatment and services; closing the funding gap; improving mental health in the workplace; and encouraging parity of esteem through NICE. (Edited publisher abstract)
Service user experience in adult mental health services
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The NICE care pathway, which aims to ensure that users of adult mental health services have the best possible experience of care from the NHS. This pathway recommends how health and social care professionals and providers can achieve this within the NHS. Areas covered include access to care, assessment, community care, hospital care and discharge, transfer of care, and care and support of service users across all points on the care pathway. (Edited publisher abstract)
Getting help and support for common mental health problems: understanding NICE guidance
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance booklet from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence addresses the care and treatment of adults with common mental health problems, including depression, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder, in the NHS in England and Wales. It is written for people experiencing common mental health problems but it may also be useful for their families or carers, or for anyone with an interest in common mental health problems. The booklet is designed to help in the understanding of the care and treatment options that should be available in the NHS. It does not describe common mental health problems, tests or treatments in detail. The booklet should be discussed with a member of the healthcare team. Sections include: common mental health problems; how can I get help for common mental health problems?; what should I expect to happen at an assessment?; what treatments might I be offered?; information for families and carers; explanation of technical words and terms; more information; about NICE.