Councillors and committees

Agenda item

Update on Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat

This paper demonstrates the progress that has been made towards redesigning mental health crisis responses in Surrey as part of the Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health plan which is one of the five Surrey Health and Wellbeing Strategy priorities.

Minutes:

Witnesses:

 

Ross Hartley, Director of Partnerships, North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG

 

Donal Hegarty, Senior Manager, Adult Social Care Commissioning, Surrey CC

 

Diane Woods, Associate Director Commissioning Adult Mental Health & Learning Disability, North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG

 

 

Key points raised during the discussion:

 

1.    A short presentation was introduced to the board. It was agreed that there had been firm commitment from all the partners involved in getting the concordat off the ground. Achievements to date and the plans going forward were covered. It was explained that a two year action plan had been agreed.

 

2.     It was explained that one of the leading factors allowing for the successful delivery of the concordat had been the ongoing work of the crisis care concordat delivery group which included a number of service users and carers on its’ membership. The group was planning to hold two workshops which would give service users the opportunity to feedback to stakeholders on current work on the concordat, therefore any changes are informed by the ‘consumer experience’ It was further explained that the delivery group had allowed for service users to put forward changes to current mental health protocols.

 

3.    The officer from Adult Social Care Commissioning explained that there were 5 voluntary sector providers which had been appointed to provide peer and carer support services across the whole of Surrey. Work had been ongoing with the voluntary sector providers over the last 12 months to help come up with local solutions.

 

4.    The officer from Adult Social Care Commissioning described some key achievements to date, including the enthusiasm and commitment from Surrey Police, an improvement in working practices and most notably a reduction of use of police cells for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act.

 

 

5.    Members of the board agreed it was good to see that dates had been included in the action plan and ongoing work would need to be done to ensure actions were being monitored. The Board would like to see more quantifiable objectives in the plan and measured outcomes in future updates.

 

6.    Members welcomed the establishment of safe havens but asked that key staff in district and boroughs be made aware of the location of these. It was explained that some safe havens had not been identified as of yet, once the locations for these were identified, colleagues would be informed.

 

7.    A member advised the board that the set up of safe havens in Croydon had been positive and would be a good point of reference for Surrey.

 

8.    It was explained that work was being done with CAMHS around children’s mental health.

 

9.    It was explained that a majority of the actions in the action plan had been led by the Police who were a crucial partner in the strategy. Work was being done with senior leaders in the police to ensure actions were being implemented.

 

10.  A strategic leaders group would be set up to ensure work on the crisis care concordat was driven through. 

 

Resolved:

 

The Surrey Health and Wellbeing Board agreed to,

a)    Support the action plan of the Crisis Concordat Delivery Group

b)    Note the progress that had been made since initial proposals to the board on the 5 June 2014

 

 

Actions/Next Steps:

 

None

 

 

 

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