Parity of esteem: transformative ideas for commissionersThis discussion paper, published by NHS England, outlines how Clinical Commissioning Groups can achieve parity of esteem between physical and mental health by allocating their resources differently. Read more »
Service transformation: Lessons from mental healthThis briefing paper, published by The King’s Fund, explores the context and factors that have enabled change to happen in mental health services in the past 30 years. It includes 10 lessons for service transformation based on these experiences. 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 »
Support for Strategic and Operational PlanningThis slideset outlines a package of materials developed by NHS England to support commissioners to develop strong, robust and ambitious five year plans to secure the continuity of sustainable high quality care for all. Read more »
Commissioners learning environmentThe commissioners learning environment aims to support the spread and adoption of learning, best practice and technical expertise amongst Clinical Commissioning Groups. Read more »
Level of ambitions atlasThis resource provides a range of baseline and time series data that CCGs and Local Authorities can use to support Better Care Fund planning. Read more »
Position statement on mental health payment systemsThis position statement, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, outlines the College’s views on the mental health payment systems formerly known as Payment by Results. Read more »
Key facts and trends in mental healthThis factsheet produced by the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network presents the key figures and statistics in mental health, and an overview of the major trends and challenges facing mental health services. Read more »
Closing the Gap: priorities for essential change in mental healthThis document sets out 25 priorities for improving the planning and delivery of local mental health services and thereby improve the lives of people with mental health problems in the next 2 or 3 years. Read more »
Operational planning atlasThis interactive tool brings together a range of operational planning information at Clinical Coommissioning Group and Area Team level. Read more »
Preventing suicide in England: one year onThis annual report on England’s cross-government suicide prevention strategy, ‘Preventing suicide in England: one year on’, sets out key actions that local areas can take to prevent suicides. Read more »
Commissioning for value atlasThis intercative tool aims to support effective commissioning for value by showing commissioners ‘where to look’ as a first stage to identify real opportunities to improve outcomes and increase value for local populations. Read more »
Integrated care value case toolkitThis toolkit, published by the Local Government Association, aims to enable Health and Wellbeing Boards and local partners to understand the evidence and impact that different integrated care models have for service users. Read more »
Any town health systemThis tool is designed to help local areas identify potential improvements to service delivery, and enable them to understand what the quality and financial impacts of those improvements may be. Read more »
A fresh start for the regulation and inspection of mental health servicesThis report outlines changes in the way the Care Quality Commission regulate, inspect, and monitor specialist mental health services. Read more »
Patient suicide: the impact of service changes. A UK wide studyThis UK wide study led by the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness explores evidence for how services can reduce suicide. Read more »
Setting 5-year ambitions for improving outcomes: A how to guide for commissionersThis ‘how-to’ guide’ aims to support local commissioners to develop 5-year strategic plans for delivering the outcomes and ambitions set out in the Everyone Counts planning guidance. Read more »
Planning and delivering service changes for patientsThis guidance provides a high-level framework through which commissioners can plan, develop and implement major service changes. Read more »
Our ambition to reduce premature mortalityThis resource published by NHS England aims to support NHS commissioners in setting a level of ambition on reducing potential years of life lost (PYLL) from causes amenable to healthcare. Read more »