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In this month's edition...
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Policing, health and social care consensus
Policing, health and social care organisations in England have launched a new national consensus statement, agreeing to work together to improve people's health and wellbeing, prevent crime and protect the most vulnerable people. Clinks, alongside Nacro and NAVCA, has supported the development of the consensus as part of our work with the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, highlighting the need to fully involve the voluntary sector as key partners in delivering prevention and early intervention. Read more about the consensus here
Meeting care needs in prison
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) are looking for examples of where local authorities are working well with voluntary sector organisations to support people in prison with social care needs. These will be discussed at a meeting of the ADASS Care and Justice Network in March to help encourage and spread good practice. If you have any good practice examples you could share, please contact hazel.alcraft@clinks.org by Monday 19th March.
Mental health and police complaints system
The Institute of Mental Health at Nottingham University want to know your views and opinions on the police complaint system and how you might use it. They would like to hear from adults who have mental health problems now or who have had mental health problems in the past. The research,The research, on behalf of The Independent Office for Police Conduct, aims to help them understand the experiences of people with mental health problems including how easy or difficult it might be to make complaints about the police. The closing date is 11th March. Take the survey here
Young people’s disclosures
The NSPCC wants to develop a set of resources for professionals to help them better listen, hear and notice young people’s disclosures. To help develop the resource they are holding a survey for professionals who work directly or indirectly with children and young people, about their experiences of listening to children and receiving disclosures. The deadline to complete the survey is 25th March. Take the survey here
Health and wellbeing awards
The Royal Society for Public Health is holding its annual Health and Wellbeing Awards in 2018 and is now open for registration for entry. The Awards recognise and celebrate a wide range of activities, policies and strategies that empower communities and individuals, improve the population’s health and address the wider social determinants of health. Find out more here
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Young people and justice
‘Children and Young People’s Health and Justice Conference’ [8th March, Taunton, free] is being held by the South West Children and Young People’s Mental Health Clinical Network and NHS England Health and Justice South West Commissioning team. The event will focus on children and young people’s access to mental health services within the criminal justice system. The aim of this event is to increase understanding and raise awareness of improved access to mental health provisions for children and young people across the South West within the criminal justice system, to provide a platform from which needs and challenges can be discussed and provide the opportunity to share local good practice and network. Find out more here
The NHS turns 70
On 5th July 2018, the NHS will celebrate its 70th birthday. The Health and Wellbeing Alliance and Antony Tiernan (Director for NHS70) is hosting an interactive webinar [15th March, online, free] designed to be an opportunity to get celebration ideas, share what you are doing in celebration of NHS70 and ask questions. NHS England is working with a wide array of partners to mark this major milestone and is encouraging everyone to get involved. To register for the webinar, please email england.voluntarypartnerships@nhs.net
Community sentence treatment requirements
Clinks is running a consultation event [16th March, London, free] on Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTRs), on behalf of the Department of Health. It is open to anyone with lived experience of mental health or substance misuse problems and contact with the criminal justice system; family members; and voluntary sector representatives. Share your views on whether CSTRs work for people with mental health, drug and/or alcohol treatment needs, what works well, and the barriers to effective treatment. Find out more and book here
Young carers
The Carers Trust is holding 'Improving the identification of young carer's train the trainers workshops [Various dates in February and March, various locations, free]. These train the trainer-style workshops for local partners aim to increase their knowledge and understanding of young carers and the issues they may face. This should help people to identify and support young carers – whether they are a commissioner of services or work within a health care setting, teacher, member of a faith group, community leader and/or work with or have regular contact with young people. Find out more here
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Mental health in prison
The government has responded to a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights on mental health and deaths in prison. 'Mental Health and Deaths in Prison: Interim Report: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2016–17'. The government rejected the recommendation of a legal maximum length of time prisoners are kept in their cells. Where the government has accepted the recommendation, it will explore the use of non-statutory levers rather than primary legislation to deliver change. For example, instead of introducing a statutory ratio of prison officers to prisoners or a legal obligation for prisoners with mental health problems to have a key worker, the government will introduce a key worker model for all prisoners in the closed adult male estate through administrative means. Read the report here
Substance abuse and mental health
The Forward Trust has published research on its integrated approach to substance misuse and mental health issues in prisons. The research, based on data collected from participants of the organisation's substance misuse programmes (known as the RAPt programmes) shows that the number of service users reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety fell by 50% and 25% respectively following completion of the programme. The programme is based on a tailored mixture of support - including 12 Step interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy and mindfulness. After taking part in the programme the proportion experiencing the most severe symptoms dropped by almost a quarter for anxiety (71% to54%) and over half for depression (57% to 25%). Find out more here
Volunteering in general practice
The Kings Fund has published a report looking at Volunteering in General Practice. Exploring ten case studies, The Kings Fund have looked at different models of volunteers engaged in General Practice and importance of partnership and sustainable, resourced volunteering. It identifies four approaches to supporting volunteering in general practice: use of volunteers to enable general practice to carry out its activities; organisations using volunteer support that were located within general practice premises; social prescribing; and community-centred general practices. Read the report here
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Health and community
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom. Priority is given to projects focussing on: prisoners, homelessness, domestic abuse, access to the arts for those with limited opportunities, and refugees and asylum seekers. Grants are available up to £5,000 depending on the organisation's annual income. There are four application rounds per year, based on either health or community, each of which is open for a month. The deadlines for each in 2018 are: 28th February, 30th April, 31st July and 30th September. Find out more here
Family initiatives
The Kelly Family Trust is interested in funding charities whose activities involve the whole family in initiatives that seek to tackle problems that face one or more of its members, and whose aims include the strengthening of family bonds by helping all elements of the family unit to grow together and support each other. Grants are between £1,000 to £5,000. There are two funding rounds a year. The deadlines for applications are 1st March and 1st September. Find out more here
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Mental health and the criminal justice system
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published its 'Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system' quality standard for 2018. This quality standard covers recognising, assessing and managing mental health problems in adults (aged 18 and over) who are in contact with the criminal justice system (this includes police contact, court and prison custody, street triage, liaison and diversion services, and probation services). It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. Find out more here
Health inequalities
Public Health England has launched a single access hub with data analysis tools and resources for people working to support public health and reduce health inequalities. The resources cover a wide range of public health areas, including specific health conditions – such as cancer, mental health, cardiovascular disease but also lifestyle risk factors – such as smoking, alcohol and obesity. There are tools to support analysis of the wider determinants of health – such as environment, housing and deprivation along with health protection, and differences between population groups, including adults, older people, and children. Find out more here
Prison deaths
Juliet Lyon, chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody, has written a blog for the Huffington Post called 'Prison deaths are avoidable, not inevitable' in which she discusses the latest figures on deaths in custody, self-harm and violence. She also discusses the dangers of using prison as hospital or treatment replacements instead of appropriate care facilities. She writes 'Preventing suicide and self-harm in prison must be, and must remain, a top priority. Only by increasing ministerial accountability, ensuring humane treatment and decent conditions for everyone, prisoners and staff, and putting a stop to the courts’ use of prison as a so-called place of safety for people who are mentally ill, will we reduce the drastic ebb and flow of prison deaths.' Read the blog here
Alcohol and drug treatment
This blog from Rosanna O’Connor on Public Health Matters entitled 'What we learned about alcohol and drug treatment in prisons from the 2016-17 statistics' is a summary of the main points from this year’s numbers. It finds that numbers in treatment have fallen but that problematic crack cocaine use has grown, and there was an increase in people treated for new psychoactive substances. Read the blog here
Integrated care systems
The King's Fund has published a blog by Chris Ham on 'What does the future hold for integrated care systems?' which discusses the latest developments towards Integrated care systems and what this means. He writes '(Integrated care systems) bring together NHS commissioners, providers and local authorities to plan how to improve health and care for the populations they serve. For the organisations involved in these systems, lines of accountability remain unchanged. NHS organisations continue to look upwards to NHS England and NHS Improvement and local authorities look outwards to their communities.' Read the blog here
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