25th July @ Coin Street SE1 9NH
Final report from the social workers new roles task and finish group (March 2019)
New Roles in MH Task and Finish Group Social Work
Guidance and Principles for Aftercare Services Under s117 MHA
New guidance produced by LondonADASS and partners
Positive Behavioural Support standards released
Free to download standards from SFC and PBS Academy.
Seeking Senior Practitioner to improve Mental Health DToC
Seeking experienced senior practitioner improvement manager to support systems to improve Mental Health Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOCs)
Transforming Care Partnerships – Learning Needs Analysis Workshops
Please check this link for details of two upcoming TCP workshops being run by Skills for Health and Health Education England: 15th June 2017 12th July 2017
Consultation on five service specifications for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) Tier 4
NHS England have published a consultation: Open link
Serious Mental Illness guide
Healthy London Partnership has developed a guide to help support and inform commissioners to improve the physical health of individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI).
No voice unheard, no right ignored
The government response to ‘No voice unheard, no right ignored’ Green Paper consultation was published on 10 Nov 2015.
Cavendish Group Website Launch
Launch of the Cavendish Group Website – a new voice for Mental Health in London
Mental Capacity Act 2005 – One year on – August 2015 report published
The Department of Health have published their report – Mental Capacity Health Act 2005 – Valuing every voice, respecting every right – One Year On With the Department of Health and Ministry of Justice introducing the National Mental Capacity Forum, this document is an excellent introduction of the work that…
The Law Commission’s impact assessment for the Mental Capacity & DoLs project.
The Law Commission are keen to receive your views on the assumptions contained in the document and any relevant data they have not mentioned. This is a living document and they will be revising it when the final report is published in 2016.
Service Model: Supporting people with a learning disability/autism and mental health condition
A draft Service model for commissioners across health and care ‘Supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who have a mental health condition or display behaviour that challenges’ has just been published. This model will be tested in the 5 ‘Fast Track’ areas and feedback is being requested on…
Law Commission’s consultation paper, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty published
The Law Commission’s consultation paper, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty was today published. The paper can be accessed on our website: https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/mental-capacity-and-deprivation-of-liberty/#related. The consultation paper reviews the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (the DoLS) in England and Wales. Our goal is to replace the DoLS with a straightforward and accessible legal…
Free Mental Health Awareness & Safeguarding Training (MAST) now available funded by Home Office Innovation Fund
Free training is now available for Mental Health Awareness and Safeguarding. Please see below for further details: MAST briefing note Places are limited so please go to the following to register your interest: https://www.masttraining.co.uk/Interest
Options for integrated commissioning – Beyond Barker
Kings Fund report looking at the future of integrated care with our new report, Options for integrated commissioning: beyond Barker. Following the recommendation for a single pooled health and social care budget, as laid out in the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, the…
An Intellectual Disability Outcomes Framework for improving the quality of services for people with intellectual disability
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has produced a report and outcomes framework recently. They’ve reviewed the three outcomes frameworks that commissioners should be taking into consideration: NHS Outcomes Framework Public Health Outcomes Framework Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework. The college has distilled the three outcomes frameworks into five domains. Preventing people…
Care and support reform bulletin 21 May 2015
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Invitation to Workshop: Meeting the Challenges of the New Framework for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in End of Life Care
London, 27 July 2015 Working in collaboration – St Luke’s Hospice Sheffield, Hospice UK, and the Law Commission are holding two one day workshops including one in London, to explore and discuss proposals by the Law Commission for reform of the framework for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). Each event…
The Workforce Development Innovation Fund (WDIF) – Applications for WDIF 2015-2016 open at 8am on Friday 8 May. And closes 1pm 5th June
https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Funding/Workforce-development-innovation-fund/Workforce-development-innovation-fund-%28WDIF%29.aspx The Workforce Development Innovation Fund (WDIF) is a special funding stream within the Workforce Development Fund (WDF). It aims to fund projects that are innovative in their approach to influencing workforce development in the longer term. It has a similar focus to WDF – on supporting ongoing professional development…