Mental Health

Thursday 8th December 2011, Grand Connaught Rooms - London, 08:45 - 16:20

Improving the Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Nation

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Overview

Mental health problems affect one in four of us at some time in our lives. As well as being a major cause of distress for individuals and families, they cost society an estimated £105 billion every year through lost productivity and avoidable costs for the criminal justice system as well as the costs of care and support.

In February 2011, the government launched its ‘No Health Without Mental Health’ strategy, which set out plans to ensure mental health awareness and treatment is given the same prominence as the nation's physical health, for children as well as adults. The government has claimed that one million people with mental health problems will recover from their condition by 2014 because of their plans to invest £400 million in psychological therapies. Ministers claim that by 2014, the strategy will have delivered more than £700m of savings to the public sector in healthcare and tax gains.

Furthermore, the government extended its NHS Choice agenda to include community and mental health services. This means that NHS patients will be able to choose the provider of these services whether that be NHS, independent sector, or voluntary or third sector organisations. The Department of Health has just announced that NHS patients will have more freedom to choose where they go for healthcare from April 2012.

Agenda

This forum will provide delegates with a unique and detailed analysis of the government's proposed changes. Special keynote sessions and best practice case studies will examine the new commissioning landscape, explore the link between physical and mental health and understand how to enact the changes to improve public mental health.

08:45	Registration and Coffee
09:40	Chair’s Welcome Address David Kessler, Senior Lecturer and Principal in Primary Care, University of Bristol (CONFIRMED)
09:50	Opening Keynote: Promoting Mental Wellbeing Through Productive and Healthy Working Conditions Working for a healthier tomorrow: promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions The role of the workplace in health and well-being Economic case for improving sickness absence in the workplace Effective stress management: prevention and management Impact of the recession on employers and employees wellbeing Strategies to support mental health service users to return to and retain employment Laura Croft, London Health, Work and Well-being Coordinator, Regional Public Health Group - London, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
10:10	Question and Answer Session
10:30	What Can We do in the Current Climate to Address the Population’s Mental Health Needs? A snapshot of the nation’s mental health How the current environment may affect mental health Why should we address population mental health Threats and opportunities in current developments What can be done to improve public mental health – “Best Buys” Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive, Mental Health Foundation (CONFIRMED)
10:50	New Commissioning in a New Era Promoting quality, innovation, productivity and prevention in commissioning for mental health and well being Personalisation: giving people more choice over services and decision making Joint commissioning Collaborative programmes Supporting the development of the mental health commissioning workforce Providing practical tools and guidance for mental health commissioners to use Supporting the system reform agenda in mental health Terry Dafter, Joint Chair, National Mental Health Policy Network, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and Director, Adult Social Care, Stockport Council (CONFIRMED)
11:10	Question and Answer Session
11:30	Coffee and Networking
12:00	Tackling the Stigma of Mental Health The Time to Change Tackling Stigma project in Hampshire Removing the stigma attached to mental health to help get people back into work, case examples Kaye Adamson, Campaign Manager, Time to Change Project, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED) Sheila Greenfield, Supported Employment Manager, Time to Change Project, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
12:20	Mental Health at Work The relationship between mental health and employment The cost to productivity caused by lost worked days from mental health problems Prevention and support - reducing workplace related stress, early intervention and in-work support Taking care of business: mental health at work - Mind's campaign for mentally healthy workplaces Emma Mamo, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Mind (CONFIRMED)
12:40	Question and Answer Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Regulation and Improving Mental Health Philip King, Director of Regulatory Development, Care Quality Commission (CONFIRMED
14:15	The Importance of Early Intervention in Tackling Mental Health Issues The recommendations of the Mental Health strategy on early intervention Why intervening early matters What kinds of early intervention have the best evidence? How do we shift resources to early intervention? Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health (CONFIRMED)
14:35	Question and Answer Session
15:00	Coffee and Networking
15:20	Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for People with Long Term (LTCs) or Medically Unexplained Conditions (MUS)s The cost of poor mental health in LTC’s How might IAPT help? Defining MUS Treatments that work and making these more available. Rona Moss-Morris, Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine and National Expert Advisor, Department of Health Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme on Long Term Conditions (CONFIRMED)
15:40	Reaching Out to Vulnerable Adults: Age and Ethnicity Understanding black and minority ethnic elders' mental health needs Essential elements in tackling physical and mental health Beyond information: what is required to achieve good quality mental health services The importance of working across all sectors of the community in addressing mental health issues The importance of working with black and minority ethnic communities and organisations Professor Naina Patel OBE, Founder & Executive Director, PRIAE Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity; Professor of Ageing & Ethnicity, School of Health, University of Central Lancashire (CONFIRMED)
16:00	Question and Answer Session
16:20	Chair's Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

This forum will comprise of mental health advocacy officers, third and voluntary sector managers, NHS service managers, policy officers and, specialist nurses; mental health bodies, elected officials, heads of children services, prison officers, trades union representatives, housing officers, youth workers.