Transcript Valuing People Now: A New Three

NEW HORIZONS: MEETING THE
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF PEOPLE
WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Including Everyone, Everywhere
9th December 2009
VALUING PEOPLE NOW
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
Better Health
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Overall policy objective:
all people with learning disabilities
get the healthcare and the support
they need to live healthy lives.
Key issues for the NHS are:
 achieving
full inclusion of people with
learning disabilities in its mainstream
work on reducing health inequalities;
and
 ensuring high-quality evidence-based
specialist health services.
Specialist and mental health
services
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People with learning disabilities
are entitled to the support they
require to access mainstream
mental health services as set out
in the national Service
framework
Specialist services will help
people with learning disabilities
to access health professionals
from mainstream health services.
New Horizons
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WHAT
 New Horizons is a new approach, which aims
to:
 improve the mental health and well-being
of the population
 improve the quality and accessibility of
services for people with poor mental health
WHY
 The national service framework for mental
health, which has helped transform services
over the last ten years, comes to an end in
2009. New Horizons is our way forward in
England.
New Horizons
The guiding values that
underpin New Horizons:
• equality, justice and human rights
• reaching our full potential
• being in control of our lives
• valuing relationships
A ‘round table’,
not a hierarchy
Key areas for action
and intervention in
the wider circle
ALL
EQUALLY
IMPORTANT
Key messages
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Early intervention
Early identification and
treatment of mental
health problems
Most successful
interventions will be the
result of effective multi
agency working.
Key messages
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Local agreement
between child and
adolescent mental
health services (CAMHS)
and adult mental health
services on transitions
Key messages
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Good Metal health
promotion for all
Key messages
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Timely, effective and
accessible treatment.
High-quality,
personalised care
based on recovery
principles, whether in
hospital or in the
community.
Key messages
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Improving the mental wellbeing and mental health
care of older adults
Key elements for change
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A clear cross government strategy
Local and national leadership
Evidence-based service models and
approaches
Effective and resourced
commissioning, both multi-agency
and specialist
Information, monitoring and
regulation and high-quality outcome
measures
A skilled workforce.
Mental Health and People with a
Learning Disability
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“Greenlight” Toolkit
WHAT IS THE GREEN-LIGHT TOOLKIT?
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A service improvement toolkit focusing on mental
health services and supports for people with
learning disabilities
A self-assessment tool used to ensure the National
Service Framework for mental health meets the
specific needs of, people with learning disabilities
who experience mental health problems
Leading to the development of a local action plan
for service improvement.
CQC Indicator set?
CQC Indicator set?
Annual Reports
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Reporting on Mental Health Indicators
People with Learning Disability and
Family Carers agreeing.
Making it happen
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Leadership and delivery structures
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Partnership boards
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Better Commissioning
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Developing the workforce
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Measuring performance and data
collection
Governance
National Learning Disability
Programme Board
CQC
Regional Learning Disability
Programme Board
Local Learning Disability
Partnership Board
Mental Health
Trusts
Jo Poynter
[email protected]