Mental Health

Thursday February 18th 2010, One Great George Street, London, 08:45 - 16:00

2010 and Beyond: Re-thinking Mental Health Policy in the UK

“Better mental health and wellbeing is vital for a healthy society. People with mental health problems are more likely to do other things that damage their health, such as have a poor diet, smoke or take drugs. So promoting good mental health is a key part of tackling many other health inequalities.

'Over the last ten years of the national service framework we’ve transformed mental healthcare but now we want to go further. Our aim is to build on recent achievements, whilst simultaneously taking the next logical step – helping to prevent mental health problems from developing in the first place. New Horizons will help us do this.”

Phil Hope MP, Minister of State for Care Services, Department of Health, 22nd July 2009

Overview

If current trends continue, depression will be the second leading cause of disability in the world by 2020. As the Government’s ten-year strategy for mental health, the National Service Framework for mental health, launched in 1999, comes to an end, 2009 marks a critically important year for our society – the UK population generally and employers specifically – understanding of mental wellbeing and the provision and service design of, as well as access to social and health care services.

One in six adults in the UK - irrespective of gender, age, nationality, cultural heritage, profession or religious grouping - has mild to moderate and severe mental health conditions such as depression, phobic anxiety, obsessive compulsive or personality disorders. These numbers suggest that issues related to mental health or mental wellbeing affect every family and business in the UK.

The World Health Organisation defines mental health as: “…a state of wellbeing in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH) states that a third of sickness absences from work can be accounted for by mental health problems. Furthermore, the SCMH reported that the cost to the UK economy of people being out of work with mental health problems is approximately £10bn (October 2007). According to a recent report by the King’s Fund, over the next 20 years the combined cost of lost productivity due to mental health problems and the direct cost of health and social care will double in real-terms.

This very timely forum will allow delegates to discuss, amongst other issues, the social, housing, employment and healthcare needs of people with mental health conditions, their families and their employers.

Agenda

08:30	Registration and Coffee
09:10	Chair’s Welcome Address Baroness Molly Meacher, Chair, East London NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
09:15	A New Horizon for Mental Health Services in the UK New Horizons – towards 2020: building on the foundations established by the national service framework A Healthier Tomorrow - mental wellbeing and work: Tackling health inequity and inequalities Reducing absences from work due to excessive workplace stress Supporting people back to work – occupational health services Evidence base: Early intervention is the key Healthy working environments leading to more productive and creative work teams A new approach to mental health policy Professor Dame Carol Black, National Director, Health, Work and Well-being (CONFIRMED)
	Women and Mental Health Services
09:40	Mainstreaming Women’s Mental Wellbeing Services Gendered service provision: meeting the differing and diverse mental wellbeing needs of women: Older women Young women Women from of South Asian population groups and communities Women from African and African-Caribbean population groups and communities Perinatal mental health Designing, planning and delivering services to women: what do women say they want? Cathy Freese, National Equality Project Lead, Gender Equality and Women's Mental Health (CONFIRMED) Meeting the Needs of Service Users Engaging with service users: successful ways of doing it Personalised budgets: empowering service users, their carers and families Understanding the needs of older people who use mental health services Providing high quality care and support Anne Beales MBE, Director of Service User Involvement, Together (CONFIRMED) *Followed by open discussion*
10:35	Coffee Break and Networking
	Mental Health Services: The Experiences of BAME Communities
11.00	Better Mental Health Services for BAME Communities New Horizons: what is not working well under the current system? Where are the achievements being made? Meeting the needs of BAME mental wellbeing service users: what further changes need to be made? Polly Falconer, BME Mental Health Advocacy Manager, and Patricia Chambers, BME Mental Health Service User Manager, Afiya Trust (CONFIRMED) Mental Health Service Provision: Service Users, Carers and their Families Richard Charlton, Kaim Todner Solicitors, Chairman, Mental Health Lawyers Association (CONFIRMED) *Followed by open discussion*
	Young People and Mental Health Services
11:55	Young People and Mental Health Services Our services: what do we do? Why are these services needed? Listened to and respected: meeting the needs of young people Karen Harris, ‘That Place’ Centre Manager, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED) Building a Coalition for Change The YoungMinds manifesto A voice for young people experiencing mental health problems A cross party political agenda Roger Catchpole, Training and Development Manager, YoungMinds (CONFIRMED) *Followed by open discussion*
12:50	Promoting Mental Wellbeing through Productive and Healthy Working Conditions: guidance for Employers Flexible working The role of line managers Supporting micro, small and medium-sized businesses Costs and potential savings for businesses with 1000 employees Peter Kelly, Higher Occupational Health Psychologist. Business Health Psychology Unit, Health and Safety Executive (CONFIRMED)
13:15	Lunch and Networking
	World Class Commissioning, Mental Health Service Provision and New Horizons
14:15	Recovery Star: User Empowerment Through Service Commissioning Commercial Operating Model: meeting the needs of mental health service users? World Class Commissioning: what services can the Third Sector provide? Personalised care: Recovery Star Programme Judy Weleminsky, Chief Executive, Mental Health Providers Forum (CONFIRMED) Primary care - reaching out and collaborating Primary care's role promoting recovery New roles for primary care workers key skills for primary care workers Dr Richard Byng MRCGP, Clincal Senior Lecturer, Primary Care, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth and Member of the Mental Health Task Group, RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners) *Followed by open discussion*
15:15	Coffee Break and Networking
15:35	Closing Keynote: A New Horizon in the Provision of Mental Wellbeing Services The direction of mental health services is clear. How far and how fast can we as a society go to create the conditions in which recovery can become an expectation rather than an aspiration? Bob Grove, Joint Chief Executive, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (CONFIRMED)
16.10	Summary and Closing Remarks from the Chair
16:15	Close

*programme subject to to change without notice

Exhibitor

AXA ICAS

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.