News & Events
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy: Guidance for Commissioners
NIMHE Independent Mental Health Act Advocacy - Guidance for Commissioners is now available in PDF format on the NIMHE legislation website. Hard Copies will be available from regional implementation leads in early January.
To download the pdf, please click here.
This guidance from NIMHE has been prepared for the introduction of IMHA services on 1 April 2009. The guide outlines the statutory IMHA role, discusses good practice for IMHA services and outlines the commissioning process required to ensure high quality IMHA services are provided for qualifying patients under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Effective commissioning is key to provision of IMHA services. This guidance is designed to support commissioners in preparing for this new statutory service by providing a reference document to the legal and practical issues to be considered when commissioning IMHA services.
- Royal College of GPs profiles new guidance on Smoking and Mental Health
http://www.iris-initiative.org.uk/provide-practitioner-learning/smoking-and-mental-health.html
The resource is a product of a collaborative process between NIMHE, the Faculty of Public Health and the new Forum for Mental Health in Primary Care. The Forum for Mental Health in Primary Care is jointly hosted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners. It aims to encourage communication, collaboration and creativity between individuals and organisations who work to enable day-to-day mental health in everyone.
To find out more about the Forum, please contact
Dr Carolyn Chew-Graham Mental Health Clinical Champion to the RCGP, email carolyn.chew-graham@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Roger Banks Lead for Primary Care to RCPsychiatrists, email rbanks@rcpsych.ac.uk
- MEANINGFUL LIVES: National Early Intervention Programme supports a new vocational recovery initiative
Jo Smith has co-led the development with UK and international colleagues an important new initiative to improve educational and vocational attainments for young people with early psychosis. This initiative received support from Victoria State (Aus) Minister Lisa Neville when launched at the International Early Psychosis Association in Melbourne in October.
Find out more on the IRIS website
http://www.iris-initiative.org.uk/promote-recovery-and-ordinary-lives/international-first-episode-vocational-recovery-group.html
- Shift's 'Life in the Office' employment films now available
Shift has launched three short films to encourage staff and employers to think about mental health at work.
The films can be viewed online at http://shift.org.uk/employers
• Watch Bernies reaction to someone with ‘problems upstairs’
• See if you can relate to Pauls frustration at the photocopier
• Feel the anxiety when Sarah returns to work and finds that not everyone is as welcoming as she had hoped.
The films are aimed at employers and employees who do not consider mental health problems to be a workplace issue.
For any feedback about these films, please contact claire.newall@csip.org.uk
To watch the films, visit http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
- Life story Resources now published on MHLL website
Story telling is one of the most powerful means of communication that has existed for centuries. Stories well told capture our hearts, our minds and our imagination. They allow us to build up a picture and set of values and beliefs around the subject.
Life story work is not exclusive to mental health in later life, work around the use of life stories in care has evolved for many years. This community of interest has been developed to create further discussion and sharing of positive practice in the use of life stories.
Please, find more on: http://www.olderpeoplesmentalhealth.csip.org.uk/positive-practice-/life-stories.html
Related links
Numerous events and actions will also take place all over the United Kingdom. See NIMHE Regional Websites for details.
For further information about regional events and actions, please have a look at the different Regional Development Centre websites (link to http://www.nimhe.csip.org.uk/support-through-regions/printable-development-centre-guide.html).
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