Community mental health profilesThis tool, developed by the Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, together a range of mental health data at Clinical Commissioning Group level and is principally intended to support local needs assessment, policy, planning, performance management, surveillance and practice. Read more »
Severe mental illness profiling toolThis tool, developed by the Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, supports an intelligence driven approach to understanding and meeting the needs of people with severe mental illness. Read more »
Common mental health disorders profiling toolThis tool, developed by the Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, supports an intelligence driven approach to understanding and meeting the needs of people with common mental health problems. Read more »
Beyond disparity: a UKCP response to the Valuing Mental Health reportIn a response to the recently published Valuing Mental Health report this document by the UK Council for Psychotherapy calls on government and public agencies to drive forward policy changes to improve the lives of people and communities blighted by poor mental health. Read more »
Valuing Mental Health: how a subjective wellbeing approach can show just how much it mattersThis report recommends that the current cost benefit analysis of assessing health care costs, by Quality of Life Years, used by bodies such as NICE should be replaced by a more accurate method, known as the Subjective Wellbeing approach. Read more »
Overlooked and forgottenThis report explores how well children and young people’s mental health is prioritised in the current commissioning landscape and offers support and recommendations to health and wellbeing boards on how they can prioritise and address children and young people’s mental health. Read more »
A place for parity: Health and wellbeing boards and mental healthThis report, published by the Centre for Mental Health, explores the priority that local health and wellbeing boards have given to mental health in the development of their joint health and wellbeing strategies. Read more »
Parity of esteemThis briefing paper, published by the Centre for Mental Health, provides an overview of the parity of esteem between mental and physical health. It also outlines what parity would look like with some key recommendations. Read more »
Health and wellbeing boards: One year onThis report, published by The King’s Fund, examines how health and wellbeing boards have used their shadow year, what they have achieved, and whether they are providing effective leadership across local systems of care. Read more »
Personal health budgets: Challenges for commissioners and policy-makersThis research summary describes what personal health budgets are and how they are supposed to work in practice. It explores the evidence from the national evaluation and some of the challenges that commissioners and policy-makers face in implementing personal health budgets. Read more »
Mary’s storyIn this video we learn about how Mary has used her personal health budget for psychotherapy sessions which have improved her mental health and wellbeing, enabling her to establish a much better relationship with her family. Read more »
Statutory Guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Joint Health and Wellbeing StrategiesThis guidance, published by the the Department of Health, explains the duties and powers of Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies (JHWSs). Read more »
Commissioning intelligence report and modelThis report and associated model provides feedback on the results of a large-scale engagement exercise to understand the information and intelligence requirements of emerging clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). Read more »
Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: The economic caseThis report addresses the question of whether investment in the prevention of mental health needs and the promotion of mental wellbeing might represent a good use of available resources. Read more »
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing ScaleThe Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) is a validated population measure of mental wellbeing developed by Warwick and Edinburgh Universities. It comprises a scale of 14 positively worded items, with five response categories. Read more »
A toolkit for commissioners and local partners to support mental health promotion in primary care. Read more »