Mental Health Group - Work Plan
Mental Health and Learning Disability Service Watch Group (MHLD SWG)
Aim: Gather views and experiences to influence the improvement of mental health services through recommendations, and work towards a better life for all those affected by mental ill health.
Task - AIMS / Lead / Target to complete / Objectives / Status / Activity /Dual Diagnosis
1. Analyse findings from evidence
2. Develop recommendations for improvements
3. Monitor progress against recommendations and commitments
4. Provide a forum for patients and carers / Eve Atkins
Tom Barrasso
Carole Beard / May 2017 / · Establish a Dual Diagnosis Task and Finish Group
· Achieve the aims and objectives of DD group within 6 months / Completed
In progress / Project
May 2017 / · Feedback progress with the DD project to the service watch group
· Feedback issues raised, through the service watch group, to the DD Task and Finish Group / Not started
Crisis Care Concordat
1. Share information with MH SWG stakeholders on the progress with the Crisis Care Concordat
2. Gather feedback on the Crisis Care Concordat from MH SWG members / Tom Barrasso
Eve Atkins / Quarterly / 1. Provide quarterly updates on the Crisis Care Concordat / Not started / Information sharing
Ongoing / 2. Collate feedback from the MH SWG and feedback through relevant Crisis Care Concordat forums / Not started
Annual Health Checks
1. Gather intelligence about annual health checks
2. Promote uptake of annual health checks
3. Identify barriers to accessing annual health checks / Tom Barrasso
Eve Atkins / July 2017
Nov 2017 / · Ascertain whether annual health checks are available, and free of charge, for people using mental health services
· If annual health checks are available:
o Collect service user experiences
o Establish what policies are in place to ensure maximum take up
o Promote uptake
o Identify barriers service users face to accessing annual health checks / Not started / Project
Support for autistic people
1. Establish what support is available in the community for people who are autistic following discharge from services
2. Collect feedback from service users to feedback to services, providers, and commissioners / Sarah Clemerson
Tom Barrasso
Eve Atkins / TBC / · Establish scope of project (i.e. which services to focus on)
· Organise a speaker from HPFT to present on the support available for people Autism
· Engage with autistic people via social media
· Identify if any voluntary organisations offer support for people with autism
· Establish the level of support available for people with autism following discharge / Not started / Project
TBC / · Collect and collate feedback, from service users and carers, about the effectiveness of services
· Feedback findings, and make recommendations, to providers and commissioners / Not started / Engagement
Dementia Strategies, and Services, in Hertfordshire
1. Provide information to MH SWG stakeholder about Healthwatch activity
2. Allow stakeholders to influence Healthwatch activity with dementia / Tom Barrasso / September 2016 / · Invite Jane Brown to provide an overview on the Dementia Action Alliance and HwH’s work on dementia.
· Share information about dementia services / Completed / Information sharing
Support following discharge from MH services
1. Identify the support available for people with MH issues following discharge
2. Collect feedback from service users to feedback to services, providers, and commissioners / Tom Barrasso and Eve Atkins / To be started once DD project has been completed / · Establish what we mean by ‘discharge from services’ (e.g. acute services, community services)
· Produce proposal to present to the service watch group
· Understand what support is available for people with mental health issues and establish what support is available following discharge from services. / Not started / Project
TBC / · Collect and collate feedback, from service users and carers, about the effectiveness of services available for people with mental health issues and feedback to providers/commissioners. / Not started
Older People’s Mental Health / TBC / Tabled for now / TBC / Not started / TBC
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