Promoting Social Inclusion and Social Justice

There are two main areas of programme work.

Supporting the Implementation of PSA 16

 Following NIMHE's National Social Inclusion Programme's successful coordination of the delivery of the Social Exclusion Unit's (SEU) report, Mental Health and Social Exclusion, NMHDU has been commissioned to provide national support to the implementation of Public Service Agreement (PSA) 16 on accommodation and  employment. This seeks to improve these outcomes for the four most excluded groups in society, including people in contact with secondary mental health services, people with learning disabilities, offenders and young people who are leaving care. This will support the regional delivery plans being led by Deputy Regional Directors of Social Care in Government Offices to ensure that Local Authorities and health organisations work together to ensure the PSA drives change at local level. This programme is currently under development and more details will be available shortly

For further information on the NMHDU PSA16 programme click here

Please contact:

Paddy Cooney  or Zoe Robinson

For more information, please visit www.socialinclusion.org.uk

Shift

Shift is an initiative to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding  mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where  people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and  opportunities as other people. Shift works in the areas where people say they experience stigma and  discrimination the most. Shift works in partnership across Government Departments, with public and voluntary sector organisations, public health and other and actively supports the anti discrimination programme Time to Change.

Web: http://shift.org.uk; Email: shift@nmhdu.org.uk; Tel: 0845 223 5447

For further information on this programme please contact: Gary Hogman

                                                                                                   


Daisy Bogg, executive director of social care & specialist services, Bedfordshire & Luton Partnership NHS Trust

What’s good about New Horizons is that it is looking at outcomes, rather than outputs. It isn’t all about counting things; it’s about mobilising social change to make a real difference to people’s lives.   I do worry that it is aspirational, particularly with regard to integrating health and social care. But it follows the social model; it's focused on social inclusion, and it goes beyond diagnosis and medication to look at the person in the context of their whole life. That is so much better than the National Service Framework.

Visit the NMHDU New Horizons section

New Horizons Website

Visit the Department of Health New Horizons Website

Improving Health, Supporting Justice

Download a copy

Improving Health, Supporting Justice. 
National delivery plan of the Health and Criminal Justice Programme Board, published in response to Lord Bradley’s earlier review into
mental health and learning disability in the criminal justice system and other policy. This plan contributes to key government initiatives around protecting the public, reducing health inequalities, reducing reoffending and health
improvement and protection.