Mental Health Network
This network brings together, through quarterly meetings and an email group, volunteers and paid workers from local community and voluntary organisations involved in mental health services.
Members are encouraged to share information about activities and may be consulted about public sector services.
Minutes of all the mental health network meetings are online under 'agendas and minutes'.
PCT's Commissioning of Mental Health Services
The way in which mental health services are provided in Brighton and Hove is changing. Services are being redesigned and will be re-commissioned in response to lobbying by CVSF members in recent years.
There is a clearly defined role for community and voluntary sector organisations within the PCT's vision of mental health service.
All organisations currently contracted by the PCT to provide MH services will be affected, and those organisations not currently contracted but interested in providing primary or secondary care support services may be interested in getting involved (eg public health providers).
We will share the information we have, together with any requests to take part in surveys, meetings and so on, below, so please bookmark this page and revisit.
- Briefing written by the PCT.
- NHS Brighton and Hove's survey on the proposals
- The Mental Health Network's Submission to the PCT on the proposals
- Feedback from the latest survey with GPs on mental health services
- Mental Health Primary Care services update (December)
Development of a Community and Voluntary Sector Consortia
One of the things the Network has been involved in is providing a case study for some action research about developing community and voluntary sector consortia to provide public services.
You can read the report here.Mental Health Promotion Strategy for Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust have produced this Mental Health Promotion Strategy for Brighton and Hove (click on the heading). It meets the national requirement of the Department of Health to address Standard One of the Mental Health National Service Framework through the development of a local strategy 2008-2011.
You can read the strategy here.First draft of the Service User and Carer Engagement Strategy
The Strategy aims to provide clarity for staff, service users, and carers on what we mean by "involvement" and outlines different levels of involvement appropriate to different contexts. The paper also outlines the initial thinking in relation to involvement for Foundation Trust members, and describes the role of the new LINks groups.
You can see it here.
