Health and Housing Event 2013
Mental Health update
James McMahon
Mental Health Development Manager
Together for Mental Health Strategy
3 main aims:
•Improve the mental well-being of
everyone in Wales
• Help people notice the signs and act early
where mental health problems arise
• Provide the best care and treatment at
the right time and in the right place to help
people get better and reduce the impact of
mental illness.
Local Demographics
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Local Primary Care Mental Health Service
Together for Mental Health Strategy
1. Promoting Better Mental Wellbeing and
Preventing Mental Health Problems
2. A New Partnership with the Public
3. A Well Designed, Fully Integrated
Network of Care
4. One System to Improve Mental Health
5. Delivering for Mental Health
Promoting Better Mental Wellbeing and
Preventing Mental Health Problems
Chapter 3 - A Well Designed, Fully Integrated
Network of Care - anticipated outcomes:
Outcome 13: Service user experience is improved; safety,
protection and dignity are ensured and embedded in
sustainable services.
Key Action: 13.3 To improve in-patient environment in mental health
services, ensuring care is appropriately balanced between
inpatient and community services.
How - LAs, LHBs and third sector to undertake joint training on care
and treatment planning to include Health, Social Care and
Housing teams training together to implement effective
admission and discharge processes within care pathways by
April 2014.
Chapter 4 - One System to Improve Mental
Health
Outcome 15: People of all ages experience sustained improvement to
their mental health and wellbeing as a result of cross-Government
commitment to all sectors working together.
Key Action: 15.2. To improve mental wellbeing by improving the condition of
housing.
How - LAs and registered social landlords to improve the conditions of
homes by achieving the Welsh Housing Quality Standard by 2020.
How - LAs and LHBs to develop plans for joint working and developments
on housing and associated services incorporating mental health as a
priority by June 2013.
Chapter 4 - One System to Improve Mental
Health
Key Action:15.3 To reduce homelessness and help
people with mental health problems sustain tenancies
LAs to implement Supporting People Programme
Guidance ensuring that commissioning decisions take
account of mental health needs. Ongoing.
How - LAs and LHBs to develop plans for joint working
and developments on housing and associated services,
incorporating mental health as a priority by June 2013.
Chapter 4 - One System to Improve Mental
Health
Key Action:15.3 To reduce homelessness and help people
with mental health problems sustain tenancies
How - Social landlords (local authorities that still own their
own housing and registered social landlords) take into
account the needs of people with mental health problems
when discharging their landlord functions. Ongoing.
How - WG to issue guidance on the exclusion or
suspension from housing waiting lists of people with mental
health problems to registered landlords by June 2013.
Chapter 4 - One System to Improve Mental
Health
Key Action:15.3 To reduce homelessness and help
people with mental health problems sustain tenancies
How - Cymorth, with assistance from Welsh Government,
Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and (PHW),
to lead exploration of barriers to meeting people with cooccurring mental health and substance misuse problems and
to support promotion of good practice and share findings by
December 2013.
Chapter 4 - One System to Improve Mental
Health
Key: 15.4 To ensure vulnerable groups
have equitable access to safer homes
Professionals, Fire and Rescue Services
and LHBs to promote safe homes through
fire safety and slips and trips initiatives.
Ongoing.
Cwm Taf ‘Together for Mental Health’
Partnership Board
• Multi-agency strategic partnership board to
oversee implementation of the strategy
• The partnership board membership includes the
third sector and service user and carer
representatives
• Partnership board will ensure that local priorities
are addressed via the Single Integrated Plan
Further questions…
James McMahon
01443 744840
[email protected]
Cwm Taf LHB
Ynysmeurig House
Navigation Parc
Abercynon
CF45 4SN