Talking therapies and community mental health guidelines published

NHS England has developed new guidance to support improved joint working between NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression and Community Mental Health (CMH) services. The guidance sets out the key barriers preventing seamless care between these services, provides clarity on national policy expectations for supporting people seeking help, as well as good practice guides and case examples to support improved care. Developed with the aid of a working group made up of lived experience experts, clinical advisors, and staff from both NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression and CMH teams, the document establishes four principles for improving seamless care between the two services: Improving appropriate referrals to services
Improving the ability for people to move between services where appropriate
Increasing provision of evidence based psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems and outcome monitoring within CMH services
Avoiding duplication of service provision across mental health pathways The guidance is available on the National Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Programme Future NHS Platform workspace.
A national webinar on this guidance is taking place on Thursday 5 October at 10am. For more information, please contact england.adultmh@nhs.net.

NEW – Education Bulletin available

The latest Education Bulletin produced the library team at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is available on this blog for the first time. If you are unable to access any of the articles included, please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.

Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin available

The latest forensic psychiatry bulletin produced by the library team at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is now available. if you are unable to access any of the articles included please contact academic.library @lscft.nhs.uk.

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What can the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector offer to support provider collaboratives?

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are in a unique position to support provider collaboratives and bring innovation, expertise, experience and resources to the organisations they work with, work by the NHS Confederation has found.

The NHS Confederation carried out research speaking to a wide range of provider collaboratives and VCSEs about their experiences of working together, across all stages of the journey in order to better understand the way VCSE organisations are working with provider collaboratives.

Exploring and understanding the VCSE sector in provider collaboratives | NHS Confederation