Worker from To help address Great Yarmouth disproportionate and Waveney representation of BME groups Mind To inform and help plan for service improvement. Use Joint Commissioning Panel for Ongoing (LB)NSFT To help NSFT and No update provided Mental health (JCPMH) guidance on commissioners implement commissioning mental health Ravi Seenan Values based commissioning services for people from Black and (VBC) which will lead to more Minority Ethnic Communities IESCCG, WSCCG, culturally sensitive services. GYWCCG VBC is based on three pillars whereby scientific enquiry/evidence, clinical expertise as well as patients experience are valued equally. To establish and develop a BME April (LB) Suffolk To meaningfully involve BME No update provided service user group. 2016 service users by empowering County Council NSFT them and valuing their SUF experiences through enabling Healthwatch people to have a voice and Yarmouth influencing change in the local and Waveney mental health services. Mind To have a better understanding of mental health needs of the local BME communities and to provide a more culturally sensitive and person centred service into crisis and subsequent service.
Worker from Great Yarmouth and Waveney Mind To help address disproportionate representation of BME groups To inform and help plan for service improvement. Use Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental health (JCPMH) guidance on commissioning mental health services for people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities Ongoing (LB)NSFT Ravi Seenan IESCCG, WSCCG, GYWCCG To help NSFT and commissioners implement Values based commissioning (VBC) which will lead to more culturally sensitive services. VBC is based on three pillars whereby scientific enquiry/evidence, clinical expertise as well as patients experience are valued equally. No update provided To establish and develop a BME service user group. April 2016 (LB) Suffolk County Council NSFT SUF Healthwatch Yarmouth and Waveney Mind To meaningfully involve BME service users by empowering them and valuing their experiences through enabling people to have a voice and influencing change in the local mental health services. To have a better understanding of mental health needs of the local BME communities and to provide a more culturally sensitive and person centred service into crisis and subsequent service. No update provided
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