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Maximising the Potential of Digital Mental Health

The NHS Confederation has published a guide to digital mental health looking at the challenges, benefits and opportunities of digital mental health and how it can improve mental healthcare and population mental health.

Maximising the potential of digital in mental health | NHS Confederation

Learning Disabilities and Autism Bulletin available

The latest Learning Disabilities and Autism bulletin produced by NHS Mersey Care Evidently Better team is now available. If you are unable to access any of the articles included please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

13 September 2023 – Evidently Better

Clinician and Commissioner Views on Meetings to Improve Care and Treatment of Service Users in Long-Term Segregation Published

The Kings Fund has published a paper detailing the view of commissioners and clinicians on views on Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (IC(E)TRs. The meetings are intended to improve the treatment of people with a learning disability or autistic people in long-term segregation.

http://www.lihnnhs.info/lancashirecarelibraryblog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Independent_Care_Education_Treatment_Reviews_0.pdf

Suicide Prevention Strategy Published

The government has published the first new strategy for suicide since 2012. The strategy sets out the government’s ambitions over the next five years to: reduce suicide rates; improve support for people who have self-harmed and improve support for people bereaved by suicide. The strategy was informed by the mental health call for evidence launched in 2022 and was developed to identify priority groups, suicide risk factors and steps needed to take by government and services. It includes steps and actions from across government and a wide range of organisations to achieve these ambitions.

Suicide prevention in England: 5-year cross-sector strategy – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Suicide Prevention in the Workforce Toolkit published

The government has published a strategy on suicide prevention designed to help NHS organisations reduce the risk of suicide in their workforce. It is designed to assist organisations to embed suicide prevention strategies in the organisation’s health and wellbeing policies and guide the approach to supporting those at risk of suicide within the workforce.