Agenda item

Continuing the theme, of collective partnership working to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Haringey’s residents, the Health and Wellbeing Board and Community Safety Partnership board were asked to note the progress made over the last two and a half years in relation to the recommendations from the Joint Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework.

There had been joint consideration on ways of working together and across the partnership in order to strengthen delivery of an integrated crisis care pathway. This included a focus on prevention and an example was provided of the partnerships work on high-level needs which it felt had improved. The work on crisis and acute pathways, and the joined up approach to tier two services was further referenced and the need to improve on the rehabilitation offer.

Early intervention in mental health, which builds on partnership model, was referenced. There was further consideration of the partnership and boards support for the CAMHS plan and the direction of travel, which was hoped would secure specific commitments to the adoption of the SIM[ Severity, Impact modelling] model and to collaborate in the development of the next commissioning plan which would be produced by the Autumn.

The following comments were made in discussion:

• In considering the presentation from the Godwin Lawson foundation and the references by the Council / Public Health to community services, it was interesting to note that the term ‘community’ had different interpretations and meaning. For early intervention to work this needed targeting in grass roots community groups and it was important to understand how to reach these groups.

• It was important to further understand the best approach for early intervention in the community and how this would work i.e. through the voluntary sector or through public information campaign.

• Yvonne Lawson spoke about the health care provision in the community, particularly in schools, and parents understanding whom they needed to speak to about this.

• In relation to the mental health support, the need to intervene earlier by working with children in primary schools. The Schools Green paper would provide extra funding for working with schools with young people to support health and wellbeing.

• Noted that through the exploration of data, it was found that young people in the youth justice system had a disproportionately high mental health need and there was a need to account of this, in the framework, going forward, and ensure that support was sufficiently targeted.

• It was also important to consider care leavers accessing CAMHS services and ensure that, after they reach the age of 18, they continue to access appropriate mental health care services.

• It was important for the framework to convey how it was meeting equalities duties. Noted that there was more information on how the equalities obligations are met in the JSNA.

RESOLVED

1.    To note progress made over the last two and a half years in relation to the recommendations from the Joint Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework

2.    To note the intention to develop a three year Haringey adult mental health commissioning plan, to succeed the current Framework

3.    To approve the 2017 Refresh of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Transformation Plan subject to the national assurance process.