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Tag Archives: Mental Health Taskforce
Five Year Forward View For Mental Health: Government’s Response (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary The government has published a response to the independent Mental Health Taskforce’s “NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health” report, as produced for NHS England. The government accepts all of the taskforce report’s 58 recommendations, in full. Responses … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, A&E Psychiatric Patients, Access and Choice, Access to Mental Health Services, Acute And Crisis Care, Adult Mental Health Care Clusters, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Adult Mental Health: Common Mental Health Problems, Adult Mental Health: Community, Adult Mental Health: Secure Care Pathway, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Aging and Mental Health, BBC Health News, BBC’s Panorama, Calderdale Council, Camden Council, Capitated Payment Approach for Mental Health, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning (Inpatient), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Transformation Plans, Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Choice of Treatments, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Common Outcome Standards For Mental Health, Community Mental Health Profiles (CMHP), Community Mental Health Services, CQC, Crisis Care 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Opportunities for Better Integration of Physical and Mental Health (King’s Fund)
Summary The NHS Five Year Forward View touched upon the importance of better integration between physical and mental health services. Building on the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce’s recommendations, the following King’s Fund report explores this “integration frontier” in more … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Depression, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 3 Dimensions of Care For Diabetes (3DfD) Service, Access to Mental Health Services, Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020/21, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Mental Health Care: Inpatient and Crisis Home Treatment, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Caregiving (Carers), Carers, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring for Carers, Chronic Conditions, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning Acute Mental Health Care, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Complex Chronic Conditions, Confusion in Care Homes, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Home Resolution Teams, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Support, Delirium in Care Homes, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Diagnostic Overshadowing, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, IAPT Long Term Conditions / Medically Unexplained Symptoms (LTC/MUS) Project, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Care: From Service User Perspective, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Let’s Respect Resources (National Mental Health Development Unit), Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), Mental and Physical Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Ward, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Multimorbidities and Long-Term Conditions, National Audit of Dementia (Care in General Hospitals), National Mental Health Development Unit, Nursing and Residential Homes, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Perinatal Mental Health, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Psychological Wellbeing for Patients with Long-Term Conditions, Public Health, Residential Homes, Risk of Dementia For People With Diabetes / Cardiovascular Disease, Social Determinants of Health, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Three Dimensions of Care For Diabetes (3DfD), Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, Wellbeing in Care Homes
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Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce: Public Engagement Feedback (NHS England / Mental Health Taskforce)
Summary The views of over 20,000 people have been collated concerning the priorities for the future “shape” of mental health services, given the need to develop a five-year national NHS strategy. The top five priorities for change by 2020 are: … Continue reading
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access and Choice, Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Aging and Mental Health, Avoiding Restrictive Interventions, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning (Inpatient), Choice of Treatments, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Community Mental Health Profiles (CMHP), Community Mental Health Services, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce: Public Engagement Feedback, Ian Callaghan: Rethink Mental Illness, Jacqui Dyer: Vice Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Least Restrictive Option, Least Restrictive Practice, Least Restrictive Principle, Least Restrictive Setting, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme One: Prevention and Stigma, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme Three: Quality and Experience, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme Two: Access and Choice, Mind, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Personalised Care Planning, Prevention and Stigma, Quality and Experience, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Restraint and Restrictions, Rethink Mental Illness, Self-Management, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Skill Mix, Stigma and Discrimination, Stigma-Free Environments, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Workforce and Skill Mix, Young People’s Mental Health Services
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Government Launches Mental Health Taskforce (Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary The Deputy Prime Minister has established, and will chair, a Mental Health Taskforce, which will include Cabinet ministers from across government departments. A number of issues will be examined urgently. “The taskforce will include the Secretary of State for … Continue reading
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access to Mental Health Services, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Attitudes to Mental Illness, Chris Grayling: Justice Secretary, Community Health Services, Community Mental Health Services, Costs of Mental Ill Health in London, Costs of Mental Illness, Crisis Care Concordat, Danny Alexander Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Dementia and Mental Illness, Department of Work and Pensions, Deputy Prime Minister's Office, Discrimination, Discrimination: Mental Health, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Education Health and Defence (UK Government), Employment Advisers (EAs), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Eric Pickles: Communities Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith: Work and Pensions Secretary, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Integrated Employment Support in IAPT, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Integrated Trusts, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Jacqui Dyer: Mental Health Taskforce Vice Chair and Expert by Experience, Long-Term Mental Illness, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Challenge for Local Authorities, Mental Health Co-Morbidities, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Policy Group, Mental Health Statistics, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Taskforce (UK Government), Mental Illness in the NHS, Mental Illness Prevention, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mental Wellbeing and Work, Mind, National Information Board (NIB), National Liaison and Diversion Service, National Prevention Board (Public Health England), National Strategy for Mental Health to 2020, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Nick Clegg: Former Deputy Prime Minister, Nicky Morgan: Education Secretary, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity of Esteem, Partnership Working, Paul Farmer (Mind), Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Policy Development, Prejudice, Prevalence of Mental Illness, Prison Health, Psychological Therapies, Psychological Wellbeing and Work, Public Mental Health, Public Mental Health Commissioning, Reducing Stigma, Rethink Mental Illness, Theresa May: Former Home Secretary, Vince Cable: Business Secretary, Workplace Interventions
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Cuts to Mental Health Early Interventions and Prevention (BBC News / Rethink Mental Illness / LSE / Community Care)
Summary A report from Rethink Mental Illness and the London School of Economics indicates that cuts to community-based mental health care could be costing the NHS millions in the long-run. Cuts to budgets involve fewer people receiving early intervention treatment and … Continue reading
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