Communications Update
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/13619322199600021 |
| Pages | 33-33 |
| Published date | 01 June 1996 |
| Date | 01 June 1996 |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care |
The Mental Health Review 1:2 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) 1996 33
Communications Update
EL(96)2 Consultation Document: Patient’s
charter and mental health services. Applies the
rights and standards in the Patient’s Charter to people
using NHS adult mental health services. Consultation
will have been completed by 26 April 1996.
[A Framework for Local Community Care
Charters (includes specific reference to mental ill-
health) requires local authorities to have had their
own charters in place by 1 April 1996.]
HSG(96)3 Approval of Doctors Under Section
12 of the Mental Health Act, 1983. Following the
abolishment of RHAs in April 1996, approval of
medical practitioners under section 12(2) will be
delegated to Health Authorities.
HSG(96)5 The Spectrum of Care. A summary of
comprehensive local services for people with mental
health problems, including 24-hour nursed beds for
people with severe and enduring mental illness.
Includes the following documents:
NHSE (1996) An Audit Pack for Monitoring
the CPA. DoH.
Links with the wider development of clinical audit
within the NHS and supplements Building Bridges
– A guide to arrangements for inter-agency working
for the care and protection of severely mentally-ill
people.
NHSE (1996) Booklet on Comprehensive Mental
Health Services. DoH.
Supplements guidance set out in Key Area
Handbook On Mental Health and provides further
confirmation that a comprehensive service includes
the adequate provision of hospital beds.
NHSE (1996) 24-Hour nursed care for people
with severe and enduring mental illness. NHSE.
Describes the importance of 24-hour nursing-staffed
accommodation as one important component of
comprehensive mental health services and highlights
the key obstacles to its provision, making recom-
mendations on how the commissioning process
could be improved.
LAC(96)8 Guidance on Supervised Discharge
(After-Care Under Supervision) And Related
Provisions.
Guidance on Supervised Discharge (After-Care
Under Supervision) And Related Provisions.
Supplement to the Code of Practice, published
August 1993, pursuant to Section 188 of The
Mental Health Act 1983. DoH. February 1996.
Department of Health (1995) Mental Health
Nursing: Working in Partnership. DoH (Room
580D, Skipton House, 80 London Road, London,
SE1 6LW).
NHSE (1996) Review of the Purchasing of
Mental Health Services By Health Authorities
In England, February. Available from DoH, PO
Box 410, Wetherby, W. Yorks., LS23 7LN.
Fax: 01937 845381.
The report provides an analysis of NHSE’s regional
director’s overview reports and sets out:
●The success factors which appear to be associated
with the effective commissioning of mental
health services.
●Those areas where there is a need to make
improvements.
●A list of health authorities categorised by the
relative pace by which their plans will ensure
the delivery of comprehensive services.
●The creation of a new Mental Health Challenge
Fund will make available a sum of £20m for new
service development. The fund will work in
tandem with the MISG target fund (see below).
An additional £11m, through the Mental Illness
Specific Grant, commanding an additional £2m
contribution from local authorities will be available
in 1996/97, a further increase of £9m is planned for
1997/98.
A list of Department of Health booklets, leaflets
and associated publications on mental health can
be accessed via the Internet on:
http://www.open.gov.uk/doh/public.htm#mental
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