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A joint agency agreement for mental health services and a joint strategy for mental health in Liverpool: summary
- Authors:
- CITY OF LIVERPOOL. Social Services Directorate, LIVERPOOL HEALTH AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- City of Liverpool. Social Services Directorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing services for adults with mental health needs
- Author:
- WALES AUDIT OFFICE
- Publisher:
- Wales Audit Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
A baseline review of adult mental health services in Wales, published in October 2005 by the Wales Audit Office, identified a number of issues in relation to the provision of housing for people with a mental health problem which needed to be addressed. This report examines whether the planning and delivery of housing services for adults with mental health needs has improved since the baseline review. Specifically, the report looks at: the progress that has been made in delivering the housing targets set out in Raising the Standard, the revised Adult Mental Health National Service Framework; whether the weaknesses identified by the 2005 baseline review in respect of assessing needs and joint planning between health, social care and housing authorities has improved; and how far housing services for people with mental health needs have improved on the ground. This report found that poor progress has been made in delivering the Assembly Government’s targets, strategic planning remains of poor quality, and joint planning between local health, social care and housing service providers was not always effective. The Assembly Government’s monitoring against the delivery of its housing targets has also been ineffective. Recommendations are provided.
Local implementation of the Social Exclusion Unit report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Social Exclusion Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report sets out a new model for partnership working across sectors and an action plan to achieve change. The over-arching objective of this plan is to ensure that experiencing mental health problems does not present a barrier to achieving individual goals and participating in society. Health and social care services have a critical role to play in helping people recover – or hold on to – what they value in life, by facilitating access to advice, support and mainstream opportunities. At the same time, it is essential that other service providers, including those in the fields of housing, arts and leisure and supported employment, actively address the issues faced by this client group and engage with the health sector to deliver change. Local strategies to meet these objectives will need to take into account differing local characteristics, eg rural or geographically dispersed populations or services, the age/ethnicity profile, transport links and areas of deprivation.
The shape of future care for older people with mental health needs
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A report from the charity Friends of the Elderly, warns that councils in the South East are unprepared for an increase in demand for mental health services for older people. The charity is saying that areas of serious need will be created which will ‘stretch current service provision to the limit and probably beyond’. The report recommends that statutory authorities work in a more integrated way with voluntary and independent providers.
Effective care co-ordination in mental health services: modernising the care programme approach; a policy booklet
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Booklet designed to confirm the Government's commitment to the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as the framework for care coordination and resource allocation in mental health care and to set out important changes to the CPA which take account of available evidence and experience and which will make the CPA an even more effective and efficient system of care coordination. The booklet also aims to clarify the role and purpose of the CPA in the context of the provision of modern mental health care and sets out who is responsible for the implementation of the changes.
Effective partnerships: developing key indicators for joint working in mental health
- Authors:
- HANCOCK Mary, VILLENEAU Louise
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 94p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report based on responses to a survey of the views of senior managers in NHS mental health Trusts, social services and health purchasers looking at joint working in mental health services.
A joint agency agreement for mental health services and a joint strategy for mental health in Liverpool
- Authors:
- LIVERPOOL. Social Services Directorate, LIVERPOOL HEALTH AUTHORITY
- Publisher:
- Liverpool. Social Services Directorate/Liverpool Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 50p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Liverpool
Sets out a joint agency agreement for mental health services in Liverpool.
Mental health
- Author:
- RYAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 1, April 1996, pp.38-40.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Community care for people with mental health problems has faced much criticism over the past year. Reports on recent studies which help to pinpoint the source of some of the problems which face practitioners and policy makers.
A voice at planning level
- Author:
- FURNISH Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 3(1), January 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes a project on carer participation in services for people with dementia and older people with mental illness in South Glamorgan.
The health of the nation: key area handbook; mental illness
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 163p.,diags.,computer disc.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a series of Health of the Nation key area handbooks, which are aimed at helping managers and directors in purchasing authorities (DHAs, FHSAs, purchasing consortia for mental illness, and SSD's) to develop local strategies. Includes chapters on: mental health promotion; sketching the local picture; seeking local views; developing local alliances; identifying and assessing available interventions; identifying research and development needs; agreeing local targets; developing human skills and resources; developing information and resources; establishing purchasing and monitoring arrangements; and evaluating outcomes and disseminating information.