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 »
Rise in out-of-area placementsFindings from a joint investigation by Community Care magazine and the BBC News show that NHS mental health trusts are sending a growing number of people to out-of-area hospitals as demand for in-patient care outstrips local bed capacity. 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 »
Doc ReadyDoc Ready is an app to help young people feel more confident and get better results when they see their GP about a mental health issue. 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 »
Mental health dashboardThe mental health dashboard brings together information from a wide range of sources. It shows progress against objectives in the ‘No health without mental health strategy’ and gives a clear, concise picture of mental health outcomes. 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 Mandate 2014 to 2015The NHS Mandate between the government and NHS England sets out the ambitions for the health service. Read more »
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 »
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 »
Integration – Step by StepThis online tool, published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence, aims to help you achieve better integrated working and in doing so deliver quality care and support around the needs of the individual, their family and their carers. Read more »
Community mental health survey 2013The 2013 Care Quality Commission survey of people who use community mental health services provides information about the experiences of more than 13,000 people during the past 12 months. Read more »
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 »
This project aims to support South West CCGs to improve people’s experience of care by reducing out of area placements. Read more »
The Abandoned Illness: A report by the Schizophrenia CommissionThis report, published by the Schizophrenia Commission, proposes priority actions to transform the lives of those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis. Read more »
This tool was developed to help commissioners and others with a stake in shaping local markets to understand and assess their progress in delivering personalisation in adult social care. Read more »
This paper looks as a starting point at how market intelligence can be defined and information brought together into a single Market Position Statement. Read more »
Personal budgets for older people – making it happenThis guide focuses on how councils can make personal budgets work well for older people and their families. It looks at how to ensure they are accessible, simple to use, flexible and help to achieve the things that matter most to the people using them. Read more »
This report describes a simple six-stage process that uses person centred information (for example from person centred reviews, person centred plans or support plans) to drive strategic change and commissioning. Read more »
Contracting for personalised outcomes: learning from emerging practiceContracting for personalised outcomes draws on learning from six local authorities who have begun to reshape their contracts, processes, range of budget holding options and relationships with the provider market to ensure that personalised services are available for everyone with care and support needs. Read more »