Mental Health Improvement

September 2009

Wendy Halliday

Mental Health Improvement Programme Manager

Policy and Action Plan

The purpose of the Government I lead is to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, through increasing sustainable economic growth.

Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister

PrioritiesPriorities• An approach to health and well-being that ensures all Scots

enjoy the right level of physical and mental health to give them the opportunity to maximise their potential (Strategic Priority in GES)

• Help people to sustain and improve their health, especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local and faster access to health care (Healthier Objective/Better Health Better Care)

• “No health without mental health”

Focus of ActivityFocus of Activity• Promote wellbeing • Reduce the likelihood of common mental health

problems • Support for those experiencing mental health

problems • Improve the outcomes and quality of life for those

with mental illness

Targets and IndicatorsTargets and Indicators• NHS Targets:

– Reduce suicide– Reduce readmissions– Stop increase in anti-depressant prescribing– Increase identification of dementia– Faster access to specialist CAMHS

• Single Outcome AgreementsNational Indicator 15 – Improve Scotland’s wellbeing by 2011

TAMFS PrioritiesTAMFS Priorities• Builds on the success of the National Programme • Six priorities

– Early Years, Children and young people– Communities– Later life – Employment and Working Life– Reducing suicide, self harm and mental health

problems – Improving the quality of life

Identifies 22 national commitments

Action for ChangeAction for Change

• Define mental health improvement • Focus on outcomes – single outcome

agreements• Implementation of the evidence base• Community engagement • Use of the web and new media approaches

Local Delivery?

• identify and understand local population needs• agree local actions to address key determinants• make explicit linkages to relevant SOAs and NHS

targets and commitments• increase understanding and awareness in the local

population• develop local mechanism for measuring and

monitoring progress and outcomes (So what?)

Implications for practice

• Levels of activity– Cultural change– Community action– Partnership – Personal Change - Being as well as doing!

Next steps

National developments …

• Outcomes Framework for MHI • National Indicators • Social Marketing Campaign • Sharing the evidence base for what works • Web based information and support • Workforce learning and development • Specific mental health programmes • Integrating mental health within programmes

• Guidance to support local implementation of TAMFS

• Refresh of Well on the Web

• National Network for Mental Health improvement

• Programme of regional support

ContactContact

Wendy Halliday Health Improvement Programme Manager Mental Health ImprovementNHS Health Scotland Thistle HouseHaymarket TerraceEdinburgh EH12 5HE

0131 313 750007826 908 857

wendy.halliday@health.scot.nhs.uk