Advocacy: models and effectiveness
This briefing draws on evidence in relation to advocacy with both children and adults and on literature from the fields of health and social care. Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
A review of values based commissioning in mental health
Values based commissioning is an approach to commissioning, in which service users, carers, clinicians and managers all work together as equal partners. This report provides an evaluation of the West Midlands Mental Health Commissioning Modelling Group, exploring how people could actively participate in, and ultimately take joint ownership of local commissioning. Read more »
Safer mental health services: a self-assessment toolkit
This toolkit, published by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, supports mental health care providers to self-assess their local services and individual practice against key Inquiry recommendations. Read more »
Early intervention: where now for local authorities
This briefing paper is based on findings from a study carried out by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), which explored local authority decision making with regards to early intervention. Read more »
One in a Hundred: putting families at the heart of autism research
This report published by Autistica are shares the experiences and views of over 1000 parents and individuals with autism. Read more »
CCG GP leadership and skills
This project aims to develop CCG GP leadership and skills across the South West. Read more »
Using data and intelligence to inform commissioning
This project aims to ensure that South West CCGs have access to comprehensive data profiles and are using data to inform commissioning. Read more »
Preventing serious and untoward incidents
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve safety for patients by preventing serious and untoward incidents. Read more »
Substance misuse: improving access to services
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve access to services for people with a dual diagnosis of substance misuse and mental health problems. Read more »
Improving access to talking therapies
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve access to talking therapies. Read more »
Improving access to liaison psychiatry services
This project aims to support South West Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to improve access to liaison psychiatry services for people presenting with both mental and physical health symptoms regardless of presumed cause. Read more »
Improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve the physical health of people with severe mental illness. Read more »
Reducing out of area placements
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve people’s experience of care by reducing out of area placements. Read more »
Improving access to perinatal mental health services
This project aims to support South West CCGs to ensure that mothers with mental health problems have access to perinatal mental health services. Read more »
Long term conditions
The government’s first NHS Mandate gives NHS England responsibility for coming up with plans to help make life better for people with long term conditions. Read more »
Personal health budgets guide: How to get good results
This guide is a summary of what has been learned so far about how to make personal health budgets work well. It brings together findings from the evaluation and good practice advice developed together with the pilot sites. Read more »
Strategic Clinical Networks: an introduction
Strategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) are part of NHS England, working across the boundaries of commissioning and provision, as engines for change in the modernised NHS. Read more »
South West Clinical Networks
The Mental Health Network South West is one of three networks within the Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions South West. Read more »
Mental Health Alliance South West
SCN South West works in partnership with the Mental Health Alliance South West, the ‘on the ground voice’ of people who concerned with improving the experience of people using mental health services. Read more »