NEW HORIZONS: MEETING THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF PEOPLEWITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Including Everyone, Everywhere
9th December 2009
WHAT DOES IT SAY?
VALUING PEOPLE NOW
Better Health Overall policy objective:
all people with learning disabilities get the healthcare and the support they need to live healthy lives.
Key issues for the NHS are: achieving full inclusion of people
with learning disabilities in its mainstream work on reducing health inequalities; and
ensuring high-quality evidence-based specialist health services.
Specialist and mental health services
People with learning disabilities are entitled to the support they require to access mainstream mental health services as set out in the national Service framework
Specialist services will help people with learning disabilities to access health professionals from mainstream health services.
New Horizons WHAT
New Horizons is a new approach, which aims to: improve the mental health and well-
being of the population improve the quality and accessibility of
services for people with poor mental health
WHY The national service framework for
mental health, which has helped transform services over the last ten years, comes to an end in 2009. New Horizons is our way forward in England.
New Horizons
The guiding values that underpin New Horizons:
•equality, justice and human rights•reaching our full potential •being in control of our lives •valuing relationships
ALL EQUALLY
IMPORTANT
A ‘round table’, not a hierarchy
Key areas for action and intervention in the wider circle
Key messages Early intervention Early identification and
treatment of mental health problems
Most successful interventions will be the result of effective multi agency working.
Key messages
Local agreement between child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and adult mental health services on transitions
Key messages
Good Metal health promotion for all
Key messages Timely, effective and
accessible treatment.
High-quality, personalised care based on recoveryprinciples, whether in hospital or in the community.
Key messages
Improving the mental well-being and mental health care of older adults
Key elements for change A clear cross government
strategy Local and national
leadership Evidence-based service
models and approaches Effective and resourced
commissioning, both multi-agency and specialist
Information, monitoring and regulation and high-quality outcome measures
A skilled workforce.
Mental Health and People with a Learning Disability
“Greenlight” Toolkit
WHAT IS THE GREEN-LIGHT TOOLKIT? A service improvement toolkit focusing on mental
health services and supports for people with learning disabilities
A self-assessment tool used to ensure the National Service Framework for mental health meets the specific needs of, people with learning disabilities who experience mental health problems
Leading to the development of a local action plan for service improvement.
CQC Indicator set?
CQC Indicator set?
Annual Reports Reporting on Mental Health
Indicators
People with Learning Disability and Family Carers agreeing.
Making it happen Leadership and delivery structures Partnership boards Better Commissioning Developing the workforce Measuring performance and data
collection
Governance
National Learning DisabilityProgramme Board
Regional Learning Disability Programme Board
Local Learning Disability Partnership Board
Mental Health Trusts
CQC
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