Developing effective holistic services for young peopleThis briefing published by Youth Access provides guidance for health and local authority commissioners on how to develop joined-up services for young people in transition that can provide co-ordinated support on health, mental health, social welfare, personal and practical issues. Read more »
Joining up the commissioning of young people’s servicesThis briefing published by Youth Access provides guidance for health and local authority commissioners on how to join up the commissioning of young people’s services across health, social care, housing and youth services. 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 »
Housing and mental healthThis briefing, published by the NHS Confederation, explores how mental health providers and housing associations can work together to improve the quality and reduce the costs of housing for people with mental health problems. 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 »
A Diagnostic Framework for CCGs commissioning Community Mental Health ServicesThis framework, produced by Mazars LLP, is designed to help Clinical Commissioning Groups to know whether it is commissioning effective community mental health 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 »
All Babies Count: spotlight on perinatal mental healthSpotlight on perinatal mental health looks at what is known about mental illnesses that women can experience during pregnancy and in the year after birth and what can be done to ensure better prevention, identification and treatment of these illnesses. Read more »
The NHS Mandate and its implications for mental healthThis briefing paper, published by the Centre for Mental Health, examines the implications of each section of the NHS Mandate for mental health. Read more »
A briefing about the networks emerging in the South West. Read more »
Advocacy: models and effectivenessThis briefing draws on evidence in relation to advocacy with both children and adults and on literature from the fields of health and social care. Read more »
Early intervention: where now for local authoritiesThis briefing paper is based on findings from a study carried out by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), which explored local authority decision making with regards to early intervention. Read more »
Strategic Clinical Networks: an introductionStrategic Clinical Networks (SCNs) are part of NHS England, working across the boundaries of commissioning and provision, as engines for change in the modernised NHS. Read more »
Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissionersThis briefing paper, published by The King’s Fund, sets out ten priorities for commissioners to help them to deliver a sustainable system in the face of the most challenging financial and organisational environment seen in decades. Read more »
Making integrated care happen at scale and pace: Lessons from experienceThis briefing paper, published by The King’s Fund, draws on examples of good practice to set out the 16 steps that need to be taken to make integrated care a reality. 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 »
Transition to adult services and adulthood for young people with autistic spectrum conditionsThis report presents findings of a study that explored ways in which young people with autistic spectrum conditions are supported over the transition period and into young adulthood. Read more »
Mental health and wellbeing commissioning pack: Case for changeThe Cases for change are part of the ‘Mental health and wellbeing commissioning pack’, published by the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health. They summarise the evidence base, and accepted best practice for commissioning and delivering different models of care and interventions. Read more »
How health and wellbeing boards can help children and young peopleThe briefing paper sets out the economic case for investing in children’s mental health and explores how Health and Wellbeing Boards can improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Read more »