Mersey Care CQUINs in mental healthMersey Care NHS Trust is working on a series of Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs) in mental health, including improving the quality of care for people with psychosis, a developing a new way of collaborative working with primary care and improving the transitional mental health pathway for young people. Read more »
Achieving equitable outcomes between mental and physical health: how can we make change happen?In a recent blog post, Helen Gilburt, Fellow, Health Policy at The King’s Fund, explores what needs to happen to achieve parity of esteem between physical and mental health services. Read more »
Inclusion Matters Liverpool CQUINs in mental healthInclusion Matters Liverpool is delivering a set of Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs) in mental health, covering E-Clinics, On-line Relapse Prevention and Electronic GP Letters. Read more »
5 Boroughs CQUINs in mental health5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is working on a series of Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs) in mental health, including improving experience, physical health and safety. Read more »
Waltham Forest CCG CQUINs in mental healthWaltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group is focussing on a small number of Commissioning for Quality and Innovations (CQUINs) in mental health and using these to aid strategic direction and development. Read more »
Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions: Key lessons and markers for successThis report, published by The King’s Fund, explores the key components of effective co-ordinated care through a study of five UK-based programmes that deliver co-ordinated care for people with long-term and complex needs. Read more »
Improving access to phychological therapies in Stoke-on-TrentDetails of a project led by Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group to deliver improved access to phychological therapies across the city. Read more »
Integrated Pathways in NottinghamNottingham West Clinical Commissioning Group has incrementally commissioned a range of long term conditions pathways that have spread and sustained as models of good practice. Read more »
Ipswich and East Suffolk: Integrated Wellbeing ApproachThis project developed the Integrated Wellbeing Approach in Ipswich and East Suffolk to expand the improvements delivered by the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) scheme. Read more »
Five Ways to Wellbeing appThe Five Ways to Wellbeing app, developed by Somerset Public Health, helps people improve their well-being through everyday activities No rules, no regulations. Read more »
Lethal discriminationThis report published by Rethink explores why people with mental illness are dying needlessly and what needs to change. Read more »
Integrated Physical Health PathwayThe Integrated Physical Health Pathway, developed by Rethink Mental Illness, is a resource that supports health professionals to coordinate physical health monitoring for people affected by mental illness and ensure information is communicated effectively between services. Read more »
Smoking and mental healthPeople with mental illness are more likely to smoke heavily than the general population. This briefing published by the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network provides the background to smoking prevalence and the consequences for people with mental illness. Read more »
Understanding common mental health problemsThis knowledge summary provides an introduction to understanding common mental health problems. It covers prevalence, diagnosis, behaviours, causes and interventions that can promote recovery. Read more »
Find GP servicesA useful search widget provided by NHS Choices to help you to quickly find GP services by postcode. Read more »
The Esteem Team Co-ordinated care in the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing ServiceThis case study is part of a research project undertaken by The King’s Fund and funded by Aetna and the Aetna Foundation in the USA to compare five successful UK-based models of care co-ordination. Read more »
Public mental health: An overviewIn this presentation Dr Jonathan Campion explains the role of public mental health in promoting wellbeing and improving outcomes for services and the people who use them. Read more »
Public Health England drive to improve coverage of Health ChecksPublic Health England has launched a drive to improve the coverage of the NHS Health Checks scheme in order to reach its goal of providing them to 15 million patients by 2018/2019. Read more »
Improving Access to Psychological TherapiesThe purpose of the IAPT national programme is to increase access to a range of evidence based interventions and informed treatment options for people with depression and anxiety disorders (NHS Mandate, 2012). Read more »
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