Latest Reports added to this section:
Development of a Method for Asset Based Working - commissioned by NHS North West
The Asset Approach to Living Well -Living Well Across Local Communities, prioritising wellbeing to reduce inequalities
This
programme aims to help support the increasing importance of mental
health and well-being across a range of public and social policies
including modern mental health policy. The initial focus will be on
supporting what the NHS and local authorities are already doing and what
more they can do together with other key partners, including the
voluntary sector, to improve and sustain community, family and
individual well-being. Building and transferring knowledge, experience,
skills and capacity among commissioners and providers and developing
ways to identify, describe and measure well-being will form the early
work of the well-being programme in collaboration with local, regional
and national partners.
Good
mental health and wellbeing is fundamental to all our lives. It
underpins everything we do, how we think, feel, act and behave. It is an
essential and precious individual, family and community resource that
needs to be protected, promoted and improved. There is increasing
evidence and understanding of the importance of good mental health and
wellbeing and more is now known about what can be done to improve,
protect and sustain mental health and wellbeing for communities,
families and individuals of all ages.
To help support the
increasing importance of mental health and wellbeing across a range of
public and social policies including modern mental health policy, NMHDU
is establishing a programme of national work to support improvements in
wellbeing and the public's mental health. The initial focus of the work
will concentrate on supporting what the NHS and Local Authorities are
already doing and what more they can do together with other key
partners, including the voluntary sector, to improve and sustain
community, family and individual wellbeing and help to address
inequalities in health and wellbeing.
Building and transferring
knowledge, experience, skills and capacity among commissioners and
providers and eveloping ways to identify, describe and measure wellbeing
will form the early work of the wellbeing programme in collaboration
with local, regional and national partners.
This is an exciting
and challenging part of delivering for a new era of mental health in
England. It will be important to build on what has already been
developed and achieved in mental health promotion and prevention work
across England and also to learn more about what is known nationally and
internationally. It will also be important to expand our knowledge,
test out new ideas and extend our understanding and knowledge to benefit
mental health and wellbeing.
The National Mental Health
Development Unit (NMHDU) is currently taking forward a programme of work
on Population Mental Health and Well-being. As part of this, NMHDU is
in partnership with the Department of Health (DH), has commissioned the
development of guidance on commissioning for population mental health
and well-being. The guidance is being developed by a team from the
University of Central Lancashire and is currently being field tested.
This is a good opportunity to influence this work and ensure that it
will be implemented effectively. PCTs interested in field testing the
guidance or require further information contact Gregor Henderson, Karen Newbigging or Chris Heginbotham.