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Improving Mental Health and Well Being in Cumbria Meeting 30 January 2008

Improving Mental Health and Well Being in Cumbria Meeting 30 January 2008. POLICY DRIVERS. Policy has been targeted on people with the most complex needs Increasing awareness of the need for more front line and preventative work

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Improving Mental Health and Well Being in Cumbria Meeting 30 January 2008

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  1. Improving Mental Health and Well Being in Cumbria Meeting 30 January 2008

  2. POLICY DRIVERS • Policy has been targeted on people with the most complex needs • Increasing awareness of the need for more front line and preventative work • Depression and anxiety among the most debilitating health conditions a person can experience (NICE). • Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

  3. PLANS FOR CUMBRIA • A Primary Care Mental Health Service • Aims of Change • To redress the balance between services for people with severe and enduring mental illness, and that much larger number of people who are suffering form acute and chronic mental distress.

  4. WHO WILL USE THE SERVICE • Patients with “common” mental health problems • Vulnerable groups identified in Primary Care • Vulnerable populations

  5. ACCESS ROUTES • Referrals by phone, fax, secure email, or in person. • Maximum of 2 weeks to appointment with an appropriate service provider. • Later, opening up to referrals from local agencies. • Each practice to have a proportional service for its population (2 wte per 20,000 population)

  6. Intervention/Management • Step 1: Support to primary care in delivery of services • Step 2: Integrated Care Pathways for common conditions • Scoring tools common to the team and to General Practice • Up to 7 sessions

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