Five Year Forward View for Mental HealthThis independent report of the Mental Health Taskforce sets out a strategic approach to improving mental health outcomes across the health and care system, in partnership with the health arm’s length bodies. It prioritises prevention, access, integration, quality and a positive experience of care. Read more »
East of England Co-Production ProgrammeThis project led by by the East of England Strategic Clinical Network, working with the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) will evaluate and support co-production between patients, carers and healthcare providers as equal partners in the East of England. Read more »
Young people’s participation in Birmingham mental health servicesThis project led by Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aimed to increase young people’s participation in their local mental health services. Read more »
Mental health for all by involving allIn this video Vikram Patel discusses an initiative to train members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people to care for others. 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 »
NHS England rolls out new personal health budget sitesSeven new demonstrator sites have been set up to look at rolling out personal health budgets to people who use mental health services. Read more »
NHS England Youth ForumThe British Youth Council is helping NHS England bring together a group of young people give advice and opinions on healthcare policies and provide ideas on how services can be improved. The Forum is recruiting now. Read more »
Review of NHS staff engagementProfessor Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, is to lead an independent review which aims to ensure NHS staff are able to give higher quality care. Read more »
Budgeting for involvement: Practical advice on budgeting for actively involving the public in research studiesThis guide produced by INVOLVE and the Mental Health Research Network provides practical advice with budgeting for the costs of public involvement in research. Read more »
Transforming mental health services for young people who offendThis video, produced by the King’s Fund, profiles the work of MAC-UK a charity which engages with some of the UK’s most excluded and deprived young people who are most in need of support, but least likely to access it. Read more »
Personal health budgets guide: How to get good resultsThis 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 »
Social Media in Mental Health PracticeThis eBook offers insights into how health and social care practitioners working in mental health services are using social media and online networking tools for recovery and living well. Read more »
Volunteering in health and care: Securing a sustainable futureThis briefing paper, published by The King’s Fund, considers the role and value of volunteers in health and social care. Read more »
What do we know about the role of arts in the delivery of social care?This research report commissioned by The Baring Foundation, Creative and Cultural Skills, and Skills for Care, explores the role of arts in the delivery of adult social care with a particular emphasis of workforce development. Read more »
A new strategic programme will support more effective engagement of voluntary and community organisations in the health and care system, enhancing the sector’s voice and expertise in national policy making. Read more »
Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programmeThis report presents the findings of an evaluation commissioned by the Department of Health to identify whether personal health budgets ensured better health and care outcomes when compared to conventional service delivery and, if so, the best way for them to be implemented. Read more »
This report concludes that many NHS and independent sector forensic units are failing to provide adequate and meaningful opportunities for service user involvement. Read more »
No decision about us, without usThe guide, No decision about us without us, provides practical advice for the public on how they can ensure the government’s ambition to improve mental health for all is being translated into action on the front line. Read more »
The National Involvement Partnership involvement standards can be used to monitor and measure the integrated and meaningful role of service users and carers. Read more »
Engaging doctors in leadership: what can we learn from trusts with high levels of medical engagement?This briefing paper shares the key findings from a study of seven trusts which achieved high Medical Engagement Scale (MES) scores from an initial survey involving 30 trusts in England. Read more »