competence through Mental Health Act assessments are development plans. Review of Section 12 Doctors an agreed undertaken in a timely fashion in Assessments are provision to be undertaken in Development accordance with the legislation / Code completed in a timely Quarter 4 2015/16. programme of Practice manner Improved information and advice available to front line staff to enable better response to individuals 16 Independent Mental From April 2015 LBB Improved awareness and understanding Continued promotion Re-tender of services to Health Advocacy of the IMHA role. Increase in referrals of IMHA has been commence in 2016/17 and service information Oxleas NHS FT for clients to the IMHA service ensuring successful with all continued monitoring of material to be service user involvement in decisions services ensuring offer update to be monitored available to patients MIND in affecting their lives. of advocacy. through contract monitoring and front line staff Bexley Ensure that information is available to review meetings. all patients and staff across all services 17 From April 2015 NHS England Primary care services know how to New MH GP lead yet to Recruitment process Raise awareness of services and support their patients at time of mental be appointed following underway for MH GP lead. health crisis unexpected move out approaches available to people in mental CCG GP Education and training in MH to be of Borough by the Update required from NHSE supported by NHSE current lead. on primary care support. health crisis New GP Mental Health Lead to be appointed to the Bexley MHSPG Ongoing support and local interaction with primary care to continue Improved training and guidance for police officers 18 Ensure all officers From 2015 Oxleas NHS FT Increased awareness of mental health Oxleas have been Audit of use of police cells for undertake mental issues for police officers leading to more undertaking MH Bexley patients to be health training within LBB- personalised and sensitive responses and therefore completed at year end the context of a rolling Community Improved referral and return rates to outcomes will be 2015/16. programme to be Safety Group avoid detentions reviewed at year end agreed Reduction to zero of police cells used to 2015/16 detain MH patients Improved services for those with co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues
competence through an agreed Development programme Mental Health Act assessments are undertaken in a timely fashion in accordance with the legislation / Code of Practice development plans. Assessments are completed in a timely manner Review of Section 12 Doctors provision to be undertaken in Quarter 4 2015/16. Improved information and advice available to front line staff to enable better response to individuals 16 Independent Mental Health Advocacy service information material to be available to patients and front line staff From April 2015 LBB Oxleas NHS FT MIND in Bexley Improved awareness and understanding of the IMHA role. Increase in referrals for clients to the IMHA service ensuring service user involvement in decisions affecting their lives. Ensure that information is available to all patients and staff across all services Continued promotion of IMHA has been successful with all services ensuring offer of advocacy. Re-tender of services to commence in 2016/17 and continued monitoring of update to be monitored through contract monitoring review meetings. 17 Raise awareness of services and approaches available to people in mental health crisis From April 2015 NHS England CCG Primary care services know how to support their patients at time of mental health crisis GP Education and training in MH to be supported by NHSE New GP Mental Health Lead to be appointed to the Bexley MHSPG New MH GP lead yet to be appointed following unexpected move out of Borough by the current lead. Recruitment process underway for MH GP lead. Update required from NHSE on primary care support. Ongoing support and local interaction with primary care to continue Improved training and guidance for police officers 18 Ensure all officers undertake mental health training within the context of a rolling programme to be agreed From 2015 Oxleas NHS FT LBB- Community Safety Group Increased awareness of mental health issues for police officers leading to more personalised and sensitive responses Improved referral and return rates to avoid detentions Reduction to zero of police cells used to detain MH patients Oxleas have been undertaking MH and therefore outcomes will be reviewed at year end 2015/16 Audit of use of police cells for Bexley patients to be completed at year end 2015/16. Improved services for those with co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues
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