Mental Health Collaborative Priority for this workstream: to make sure that the way we commission a range of providers ensures we are able to deliver services that: support general population wellbeing activities and outcomes; and prevents people’s needs escalating, through information sharing, health promotion, advice, awareness raising and education. Why this is important: People have told us the not all mental health services work together as effectively as they could and we need to build on the commitment to collaborative working and strong engagement from a wide range of organisations. Crisis Priority for this workstream: to set out the requirements of a new crisis response framework that can effectively and efficiently meet the needs of people who use services and their carers. Why this is important: People have told us about the need for a stepped approach to dealing with crisis response out of normal working hours. B&NES has a wide range of preventative services, but none which specifically focus on crisis avoidance and crisis management for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This was an area which carers have frequently mentioned is an area of high priority for them. Care Coordination Priority for this workstream: to set out the set out the requirements of mental health in establishing the foundation of care co-ordination, and to ensure the requirements of people with mental health needs are fully considered when designing the wider care co-ordination model in B&NES. Why this is important: to ensure that, in the future, there will be a clear integrated point of entry for all mental health, physical health and social care services. Employment
Mental Health Collaborative Priority for this workstream: to make sure that the way we commission a range of providers ensures we are able to deliver services that: support general population wellbeing activities and outcomes; and prevents people’s needs escalating, through information sharing, health promotion, advice, awareness raising and education. Why this is important: People have told us the not all mental health services work together as effectively as they could and we need to build on the commitment to collaborative working and strong engagement from a wide range of organisations. Crisis Priority for this workstream: to set out the requirements of a new crisis response framework that can effectively and efficiently meet the needs of people who use services and their carers. Why this is important: People have told us about the need for a stepped approach to dealing with crisis response out of normal working hours. B&NES has a wide range of preventative services, but none which specifically focus on crisis avoidance and crisis management for people experiencing acute mental health crisis. This was an area which carers have frequently mentioned is an area of high priority for them. Care Coordination Priority for this workstream: to set out the set out the requirements of mental health in establishing the foundation of care co-ordination, and to ensure the requirements of people with mental health needs are fully considered when designing the wider care co-ordination model in B&NES. Why this is important: to ensure that, in the future, there will be a clear integrated point of entry for all mental health, physical health and social care services. Employment
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