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Mental Health Review Programme

Meeting: 28/01/2020 - Cabinet (Item 16)

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Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

That the priorities and work programme for phase 2 of the Mental Health Programme Review be approved.

 

Reason for decision:

 

Meeting our requirements under the Care Act and delivering the transformation programme for Mental Health requires significant work to reshape commissioning and operational practice as the service has not established a clear professional identity within the previous arrangements. This needs to be managed whilst also undertaking and embedding the organisational development required so that ASC Mental Health can be viewed as a key partner and contributor to the fast developing landscape of Health and social care. The phase 2 programme will enable us to achieve this.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Adults & Health Select Committee]

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Adults & Public Health introduced this report that set out how Following a review of Mental Health arrangements for the commissioning and delivery of Adult Social Care (ASC) Mental Health services phase 2 of the Mental Health Programme Review could now take place. This work was designed to bring about the strategic and operational changes needed to deliver services that were consistent with our obligations under the Care Act and achieve our ambition to be at the forefront of best practice and to establish a clear Mental Health professional identity. This report described the ambitions and timetable for phase 2.

 

Mr Chris Botten spoke to this item and stated that it was one of the most significant pieces of transformation and was pleased with the report.  He believed there was a S75 steering group that was monitoring the progress of this work and suggested that it might be helpful if there was Member representation on it.  He would be willing to undertake the role, if Cabinet thought it would be helpful.  The Cabinet Member for Adults & Public Health said she would contact Mr Botten to develop this idea.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the priorities and work programme for phase 2 of the Mental Health Programme Review be approved.

 

Reason for decision:

 

Meeting our requirements under the Care Act and delivering the transformation programme for Mental Health requires significant work to reshape commissioning and operational practice as the service has not established a clear professional identity within the previous arrangements. This needs to be managed whilst also undertaking and embedding the organisational development required so that ASC Mental Health can be viewed as a key partner and contributor to the fast developing landscape of Health and social care. The phase 2 programme will enable us to achieve this.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Adults & Health Select Committee]

 

Miss Alison Griffiths left the meeting at the close of discussion on this item.