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Tag Archives: Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services
World Mental Health Day (Department of Health / MHF / NHS England / Health Foundation)
Summary Today is World Mental Health Day. Full Text Link Reference Osterloh, M. (2015). World Mental Health Day and the power of small gestures. London: Department of Health, October 10th 2015. This is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF): … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Delirium, Department of Health, Depression, Health Foundation, In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academic Services, Age Appropriate Mental Health Services, Age Appropriate Old Age Psychiatry Services For Older People With Mental Health Problems, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Elders, BME Communities, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Caregiver’s Mental Health, Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS), Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Health Disorders, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Cost of Mental Health Problems, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Dementia: Community Based Support, Dementia: Dementia in General Hospitals, Dementia: Early Identification and Intervention in People With Dementia, Dementia: Intensive Case Management, Dementia: Late Stage Dementia, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Dementia: Post Diagnostic Support, Dementia: Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness, Dementia: Young Onset Services, Deprivation, Developing an Ideal Old Age Service: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2013), Discrimination / Stigma, Dr James Warner: Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Forensic Psychiatric Services, Elderly People With Mental Illness, Emergency Admissions, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Fundamental Facts About Mental Health 2015, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Services, Mind, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, No Health Without Mental Health, North Southwark Community Mental Health Team (NSCMHT) for Older People, OASIS: Older Adults Support in Southwark, Old Age Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Old Age Forensic Services, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, People With Learning Disabilities, People With Learning Disabilities Who Develop Dementia, Power of Small Gestures: World Mental Health Day (2015), Prevalence of Mental Illness, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reducing Stigma, Rethink Mental Illness, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Social Deprivation, Social Isolation, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Misuse in Older People, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Think Ahead, Time to Change, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, World Federation of Mental Health, World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day (2015), Young Onset Dementia Services
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Parity of Challenge for NHS Mental Health Services? (BBC News / RCN)
Summary Staff cuts and bed shortages, in the face of increasing demand, pose questions about the credibility of the NHS “parity of esteem” policy for mental health services. Full Text Link Reference Nurses warn of mental health services strain. London: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, RCN, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Acute Mental Health Services, Admissions to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), All Wales Medicine Strategy Group (2014), Available Beds, Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Communities: Mental Health, Bridging the Gap Campaign, CAMHS Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community-Based Services, Crisis Care Concordat, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary at Royal College of Nursing, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Teams, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Formal Legal Detentions (Under Mental Health Legislation), Frontline First (RCN), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Services Division Scotland, Inpatient Admissions, Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals, Liaison Mental Health Services, Mark Winstanley: Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), Memory Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Beds: Local Availability, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in England, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Posts, Mental Health Nursing Workforce, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Statistics, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Waiting Times Targets, Mental Healthcare, Mental Illness in the NHS, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Nursing Skill Mix, Older Adult Mental Health Services (OAMHS), Older People and Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Peter Carter: Royal College of Nursing, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Frontline First Campaign, Secondary Mental Health Services, Shortages of Senior Nurses, Skill Mix in Mental Health Settings, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, UK Mental Health Services, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Welsh Government, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Shortages in Mental Health Nursing
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Better Care Fund: Questions and Assumptions? (BBC News / NAO)
Summary Questions have arisen about the scale of savings achievable from the £5.3bn Better Care Fund (BCF). The BCF aims to improve integration between NHS and social care. A National Audit Office (NAO) review of the assumptions behind the BCF … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Aids and Adaptations, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, BCF: Existing Funding But No New Money, BCF: Fund Accountability System Statement, BCF: Local Planning, BCF: Programme Governance, BCF: Risks to Acute Providers and Clinical Commissioning Groups, BCF: Risks to Local Authority Adult Social Care Services, BCF: September Fund, Better Care Exchange, Better Care Fund, Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund (BCF) Planning, Better Care Fund Implementation Support Programme, Better Care Fund Plans, Better Care Fund Timeline, Care in the Community, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Collaborative Care Planning, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Rehabilitation, Community-Based Services, Continuity of Care, Data Sharing, DCLG: Department for Communities and Local Government, Delayed Transfers of Care, Department for Communities and Local Government, Discharge Planning, Early Referral System to Mental Health Services (Wolverhampton), Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Emergency Admissions, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital, End-User Experience, Financial Constraints, Financial Issues, Financial Pressures, Five Year Forward View (NHS England), Funding and Accountability for the BCF, Funding Transfer to Local Authorities, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration Fund, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Adaptations, Housing Adaptations, Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Independence, Independent Living, Individual Care Plans (Complex Needs), Information Sharing, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integrated Services, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Integration Transformation Fund, Joint Assessments, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Authorities, Local Government Association, Local Health and Wellbeing Boards, Local Planning, Mental Health, Multidisciplinary Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, Named Accountable Clinician, Named Care Coordinators, Named Case Managers, Named Contacts Providing Continuity, Named GPs, National Audit Office (NAO), NHS Funding, NHS Spending, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient Experience, Personalised Care Plans, Planning for Better Care Fund, Polypharmacy, Post-Discharge Support, Predictive Modelling, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Alternatives to Emergency Hospital Admissions, Primary Care Service Interventions, Primary Healthcare Provision, Professional Sharing, Public Accounts Committee, Reablement, Reablement Funding, Reablement Services, Reconfiguration of Emergency Care System, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Self-Care, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Seven-Day GP Access, Seven-Day Services in the Community, Seven-Day Working, Seven‑Day Working, Sharing Information, Social Care Reablement Services, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, User Experience, Value for Money, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, Wolverhampton Dementia Hub, Wolverhampton Mental Health / Dementia Hub
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Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Networks: Local Profiling Tools (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE), in partnership with NHS England (and support from the Department of Health) have developed local profiles of mental health, dementia and neurology. The purpose is to assist people commissioning and / or providing care to … Continue reading
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CQC Monitoring of the Mental Health Act (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The number of people in England detained under the Mental Health Act has risen by 12% during the past five years, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Mental Health Act was used over 50,000 times to detain patients … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access and Advocacy, Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Assessment of Inpatient Mental Health Services, Breakthrough, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Mental Health Services, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Complaints, Complaints Handling, Complex Transitions, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, CQC MHA Complaints System, De Facto Detention, Detained Patients, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Engagement, Experts by Experience, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) Services, Inpatient Mental Health Services, Mental Health Act (MHA), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act and Community Treatment Orders, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Service User Reference Panel (SURP), MHA Monitoring, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), Patient Complaints, Patient Engagement, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Police Custody, Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards, Quality and User Involvement, Regulation and Inspection of Mental Health Services, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Restrictive Practices, Sectioning under the Mental Health Act, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Service User Involvement, Solent NHS Trust, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), User Complaints, User Involvement
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Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services (Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health)
Summary The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCP-MH) has produced a guide on commissioning older people’s mental health services. This document advocates an integrated approach, involving health and social care services. Most older patients with mental health problems have … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK NSC, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageism, Care in General Hospitals, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Working, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Teams, Community-Based Services, Crisis Home Treatment, Crisis Resolution, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT), Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia In-Reach Teams, Discharge Planning, Fuel Poverty, General Hospitals, Geriatric Liaison Teams, Housing, Inpatient Services, JCP-MH: Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health, Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCP-MH), Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service, Liaison Expert Reference Group (JCP-MH), Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Strategy, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Older People’s Mental Health Services, PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service), Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS), Patient Advisory Liaison Service (PALS), Personal Health Budgets, Personal Relationships, Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs), Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychiatric Liaison Team, Psychological Services, Public Health, Public Health Services, Public Mental Health, RAID, Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reablement, Recovery, Rehabilitation, Royal College of Psychiatrists AIMS Project, Self-Determination, Service User Involvement, Social Isolation, User Involvement
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