Agenda item

The CAMHs Transformation Plan update was written and presented by Daniel Taegtmeyer from Bromley CCG.

The Board was asked to note the outcomes arising from the first two years of the CAMHs Transformation Plan Implementation. The Board was also asked to note the proposed road map to implementing the full transformation by 2020. It was noted that the CAMHS Transformation Plans refresh had been developed collaboratively between the CCG, LBB and delivery and service sector partners.

Mr Taegtmeyer informed the Board that data indicated that:

·  Improved experiences and outcomes were being reported

·  More children and young people were entering the system now than ever before

·  More young people were now getting their needs met earlier

·  Fewer children and young people were needing to be referred onto specialist community CAMHs

·  Referrals were coming  from wider sources

·  The majority of children and young people (CYP) were having their needs met in 6 sessions

·  Presentations to A&E by children in crisis had remained stable

·  Admissions to specialist hospitals had fallen by 36% in the last two years

However, it was still the case that too many young people were presenting in crisis, too many admitted to specialist hospitals and too many had been referred to the Eating Disorder Service. 

Mr Taegtmeyer referred to the ‘Future in Mind’ report that was published by NHS England in March 2015. The report can be accessed via the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/blog/martin-mcshane-14/

‘Future in Mind’ (FIM) was a five year project running from 2015 to 2020. The aim of the project (which was supported by NHS funding) was to improve the wellbeing and mental health of CYP. Bromley CCG would receive £660.000 over this period to support the work locally.

The Board heard that the CAMHs Transformation Plan allocations for 2015-2016 to 2017-2018 were:

·  Specialist eating disorder service

·  Investment in the co-production programme

·  Investment in a Tier 2.5 capacity initiative via a single point of access

·  Autism support

·  ASD/Complex Communication Disorder Diagnostic Service

·  Investment in a School Resilience and School Responder Service

·  Investment in a Tier 3 Capacity Initiative

·  Investment in Bromley Y electronic data systems

·  Waiting times initiative

·  Health and Justice Capacity Initiative

·  Youth Mental Health First Aid

Note--Bromley Y is a long established local charity offering free therapeutic support to young people between the ages of 0 - 18 years.The link to their web page is:  https://www.bromleywellbeingcyp.org/about-us

The Board were informed that as a result of these allocations, patients had experienced a step by step improvement and greater accessibility to better quality services, and so more CYP had been able to have their emotional and mental health needs met earlier, and with quicker responses. School staff were now reporting more confidence in managing crisis presentations in schools. It was hoped that improved data collection and analysis would improve the commissioning of mental health services.

The Chairman and Dr Parson thought that the report was good news, and Dr Parson asked if there had been any change in the age range of the children and young people being referred. Mr Taegtmeyer responded that the main age for referrals was 14-16. The Board agreed that an update on progress should be submitted in 2018.

RESOLVED that the report be noted and that an update on the CAMHs Transformation Plan be brought back to the Board in 2018.