71 JOINT MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY PDF 77 KB
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The Committee considered the Joint Mental
Health Strategy for Bromley 2019-2025 developed by the London
Borough of Bromley and the Bromley Clinical Commissioning
Group. The Joint Mental Health Strategy for Bromley set out the vision for
promoting better mental health and emotional wellbeing in the
Borough.
The Committee thanked Officers for the
comprehensive document that had been provided noting that the
Strategy before Members addressed one of the most significant
issues currently facing society.
Members stressed it was therefore important that the actions
included within the Strategy were both appropriate and
deliverable. Whilst acknowledging the
significant amount of work that had already gone in to developing
the comprehensive strategy, Members made the following comments,
observations and suggestions:
- The interface between Adult Mental Health
Services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
was unclear as was how the development of the 0-25 pathway fitted
into the Strategy.
- There needed to be further clarity around
re-entry into the system in the event of a relapse. This would demonstrate an understanding that
recovery may not always be permanent and that mental health issues
were often cyclical.
- There needed to be further consideration
of demographics with an acknowledgement that different mental
health issues could affect different groups within society in
different ways. There also needed to be
consideration of possible cultural and language barriers
experienced by minority communities trying to access
services.
- It was noted that the LGBT community was
invisible within the Strategy and there was no consideration of the
different barriers and difficulties accessing services experienced
by the LGBT community.
- There needed to be an acknowledgement
that individuals suffering with mental health conditions may need
to access services in different ways and that a ‘one size
fits all’ approach to access may not be
appropriate. In addition, consideration
needed to be given to the most appropriate mechanism for reaching
more isolated communities.
- Currently little consideration appeared
to have been given to people who had more limited access to the
internet or homeless people experiencing mental health episodes who
may be prevented from accessing services due to the lack of a
permanent address.
- More information about early intervention
and how and when it might occur needed to be included within the
Strategy.
- Individuals who were held in police
custody suites or those coming out of prison or on probation were
not reflected in the Strategy and it was suggested this was an
oversight as this specific group were known to be vulnerable to
mental health issues.
- It would be helpful to have further
information concerning extra care and dementia patients along with
projections around the number of extra care units that would be
needed.
- There was no reference to the
“Healthy Mind” work that had been undertaken by
King’s. Reference also needed to
be made in the document to the Bromley Health and Wellbeing
Strategy as loneliness and isolation were recognised as key
issues.
- The Military Covenant and the specific
mental health issues experienced by ex-servicemen needed to be
reflected ...
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