Good practice in joint health and wellbeing strategies: a self-evaluation tool for health and wellbeing boards

“This practical self-evaluation tool is designed to provide guidance on good practice in planning, developing and delivering joint health and wellbeing strategies, based around key questions to consider and top tips on approaches that might be taken.” Read more at: http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/Good-practice-health-wellbeing-boards.aspx Continue reading →

The NHS mandate and its implications for mental health

This briefing from the Centre for Mental Health “examines the implications of each section of the Mandate for mental health. It identifies where mental health services are required to improve and where better mental health support could contribute to improvements in the performance of the NHS as a whole” Link to briefing http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pdfs/briefing46_NHSmandate.pdf Link to … Continue reading →

CCG managers must make sense of evidence

This article from HSJ discusses a report about how commissioning managers use evidence. http://www.hsj.co.uk/5051879.article Continue reading →

A primary care approach to mental health and wellbeing: case study report on Sandwell

This report presents a detailed case study of the journey Sandwell’s health commissioners went through to respond to a number of health inequalities within its local population. It focuses on how its health service commissioners responded to specific health inequalities to develop a primary care-led approach to improving mental health and wellbeing. Read more on … Continue reading →