Issue - meetings

For the Health and Wellbeing Board to note six areas identified in the HaringeyStats session for focused actions on mental health and discuss how to mainstream the actions through the existing Boards and other relevant partnership groups (e.g., Mental Health Partnership Board and Outcome 3 Delivery Group).  

The Board received the report on the information covered at the first HaringeyStat event on mental health, and the key outcomes of this event, which were listed in paragraph 5.2 of the report.

·        It was suggested that the Board should receive an update on this work in around 6 months time in order to monitor the emerging actions.

·        With regard to the HWB Strategy delivery groups, the Board queried where the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) should sit; it was felt that it would probably be most appropriate for this to fall within the remit of the Outcome 1 delivery group, but that this would be discussed further outside the meeting.

·        The Board looked at the data on hospital admissions 2012/13 by ethnicity. While it was felt that this information was useful, it was acknowledged that there were limitations in that it related only to hospital admissions and would therefore not necessarily pick up on communities where people may tend to deal with mental health issues within the community rather than seek medical assistance. It was suggested that there may be scope for more detailed research around this area, but also that information from other national and local data sources could be applied to the information contained in the presentation to give a more detailed picture.

RESOLVED

That the areas identified at the HaringeyStat session for focused actions on mental health be noted.