A Mental Health Strategy for Scotland Emma Lyon Mental Health Improvement Programme Officer NHS Health Scotland

Introduction  Background to a new Mental Health Strategy for Scotland  Consultation Process  Emerging Themes Paper

Background to a new Mental Health Strategy for Scotland

A Mental Health Strategy for Scotland  Strategy set’s out an ambitious work plan for SG and its partners  Integrated  Commitments - challenging and measurable  It will not commit to improve all aspects of the system - but where commitments are made SG will deliver on by 2015

Consultation Process  The consultation on the new Mental Health Strategy ran from September 2011-January 2012  Part of NHS HS MHI regional support programme  Wide spread of engagement and feedback to government  Ensure promotion of wellbeing and prevention of MH problems featured highly  Over 400+ responses from local areas and national partners received  Emerging themes paper published – end of March 2012  Framework – activities/actions

Emerging Themes Paper  Sets out Scottish Governments emerging thinking after the consultation process  Thoughts may have moved on  Not a comprehensive statement of all that will be in the strategy  States that the strategy will cover mental health services and mental health improvement

Headline Themes work more effectively with families and carers embed more peer to peer work and support  increase the support for self management and behavioural approaches

 extend the anti-stigma agenda forward to focus more on discrimination  develop the outcomes approach to include, personal, social and clinical outcomes

Key Priorities  crisis and first contact services  parenting programmes – evidence based  trauma services and services for those with developmental disorders  mental health of offenders  mental health and employment

 mental health and alcohol services  patient safety approaches  new technologies  infant mental health  communities and individuals

Food for thought… Strategy will be published at the end of June  Integrated How do we ensure that promotion/prevention/care and treatment is balanced?  Partnership – NHS focused How do we ensure a wide range of partners continue to engage?

Key Messages  Mental Health Improvement is EVERYONE’S business  There is no health without mental health  Mental health is important to us all, and effects every aspect of our lives

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