PLYMOUTH MENTAL
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
ACTION PLAN
This Action Plan supports the implementation of the Plymouth Mental
Health and Well-being Promotion Strategy which forms part of the
Plymouth Strategic 2020 Plan (Health, Social Care and Well-being
Strategy). The Strategy aims to promote mental health and well-being for
all. It will be working with individuals and communities to combat
discrimination against individuals and groups with mental health
problems, promote their social inclusion, and ensure that everyone in
Plymouth has equal opportunity to achieve positive mental health and
well-being.
July 2012 – May 2013
Acknowledgements and Version Control
Special thanks to the hard work and those many light bulb moments provided by members of the Plymouth Mental Health and Well-being Strategy Action
Planning Task and Finish Group (including members of the local PIPs Group and Plymouth Mental Health Network). And indeed, to those wider
stakeholders within mental health and well-being and related services for their time, commitment and contributions to development of this Action Plan.
The Action Plan was approved by the Plymouth Mental Health Strategic and Quality Improvement Partnership Group on 14 th June 2012, and is fully
endorsed by Deb Lapthorne Director of Public Health (NHS Plymouth) and Paul O’Sullivan Director of joint Commissioning (NHS Plymouth).
The Plymouth Mental Health and Well-being Steering Group will be the responsible forum for the management and review of the Action Plan and will
report quarterly to the MH SQIP. See Terms of Reference and reporting process below. Reporting links at a local strategic level will be confirmed as the
local Health and Well-being Board develops.
Author: Plymouth Mental Health and Well-being Strategy Action Planning Task and Finish Group. For further information please contact Sue Hall (Mental
Health Promotion Lead, Public Mental Health, NHS Plymouth) shall18@nhs.net
Action Areas
1
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
2
Raise the case for sustainable improvements to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
3
Develop innovative mental health and well-being interventions in Plymouth
4
Develop a co-ordinated awareness and education programme in Plymouth
5
Support co-ordinated approaches to positive mental health within the workplace and individuals to stay in work, return to and/or gain employment
6
Actions for June 2013/May 2014
Values and Principles (interlinked & influence each other)
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Support Best Practice and Innovation
Recovery Focused
Promote Individual, Organisational and Community Resilience
Reduce Stigma and Discrimination and Promote Social Inclusion
Joined-up and Co-ordinated Working to optimise the difference that can be made
Involvement and Consultation
Evidenced Based
Holistic and Integrated
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Key Terms
Objective
What we aim to achieve
Action
What we will do and how we will do this
Milestones and Outcomes
Intended completed actions to show we are on track to achieve our objective(s) and how we will know we have done what
we aimed to do and made a difference locally (L) and nationally (N)
Timescales
When will this work start and when will it be done by
Status
How we will rate our progress -
Lead(s)
Who will be the key person(s) responsible for ensuring this will happen
Key Partners
Who will be the key people who can contribute to achieving the objective
Mental Health Promotion (MHP)
Mental Health & Well-being (MHWB)
Recovery
Local Strategic Partnership
Mental Health Needs Assessment
(MHNA)
Plymouth Mental Health Network
(PMHN)
Plymouth Mental Health Strategic &
Quality Improvement Partnership
(MH SQIP)
(Action not started/milestone not on track),
(in progress),
(completed)
MHP is taken to mean any action that enhances the mental well-being of individuals, families, organisations and
communities.
‘A state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life,
can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.’
The Recovery approach promotes the universal relevance of mental health awareness at home, at work and wherever we
live. It is based on ideas of self-determination and resilience achieved through shared, supported responsibility, valuing
lived experience, promoting qualities of trust, respect, autonomy, and whole person interactions. The implementation of
Recovery Organisational Changes (IMROC) calls for structural awareness, personal reflection and change, and systemic
cultural commitment to promote a recovery culture to support equal partnerships.
The aim of the Plymouth 2020 Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is to provide strong leadership for the transformation of the
city and to promote a positive image of Plymouth as a vibrant waterfront city where an excellent quality of life is enjoyed by
everyone. The public, private & voluntary & community sectors are all represented on the Partnership Board, Executive &
Theme Groups. In accordance with Government NHS Reform, Health & Well-being Boards will supersede the Local
Strategic Partnership in April 2013.
The MHNA is a systematic review of the health issues facing a population, leading to agreed priorities and
resource allocation that will improve health and reduce inequalities. This plan will highlight Actions that have
been developed following recommendations from the Plymouth MHNA (2012). For a copy:
http://www.devonpct.nhs.uk/plymouth/public_health.aspx
The network is open to anyone with an involvement or interest in mental health and well-being across the city. It aims to
provide a comprehensive network of opportunities that provide positive life choices that promote recovery, independence
and mental health and well-being as well as providing a focal point for the sharing of knowledge, expertise and evidence
based practice thus making the network a central resource for best practice.
The Plymouth MH SQIP aims to ensure that the implementation of national policy and development of local strategies
across the health and social care community are appropriate in meeting the mental health needs of people in Plymouth. It
will do this by bringing together key stakeholders to inform service development and the commissioning of services. The
partnership will ensure a strong service user and carer voice as a key stakeholder in the process working with Plymouth
Involvement & Participation Service (PIPS) as the current means for providing this representation.
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Information &
Standards
Workplace &
Employment
Sustainable
Improvements
Plymouth Mental
Health & Well Being
Action Plan
Awareness &
Educational
Programme
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Innovative
Interventions
Centralised
information and
evidence base
Local mental
health & wellbeing targets
Information and
Standards
Yearly update of
mental health
needs assessment
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Links to other
workstreams and
resources
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
S Hall &
T
Newlove
Delgado
(PH)
MH SQIP
To ensure mental
health promotion
activity addresses local
needs
MH SQIP
To
integrate
the
promotion of mental
health & well-being into
service delivery plans
of the Local Strategic
Partnership (LSP) &
MH SQIP
End
Date
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
1.1
Conduct Mental Health
Needs Assessment
(MHNA) ensuring
alignment with the
JSNA & current Mental
Health Atlas
Up-to-date Plymouth MHNA that informs & provides
a legitimate planning & commissioning context for
setting priorities in relation to this strategy, using
data, metrics & comparative, cost effective &
evidenced based information
Nov
2011
Mar
2012
Annual update of the Plymouth MHNA (in response
to key issues/stakeholder requests) to ensure
relevance & contribution to the mental health
commissioning cycle
June
2012
Ongoing
June
2012
Ongoing
Circulation &presentation of Executive Summary of
MHNA to key stakeholders
June
2012
Ongoing
Partnership developed & MH SQIP ‘approved’
Plymouth MHWB & MHP targets/indicators &
outcome measures (metrics) that can be embedded
in to key LSP & MH SQIP strategies (e.g. revised
Suicide Prevention Strategy), service contracts &
specifications
Nov
2012
Mar
2013
Management/reporting on MHNA Recommendations
to be a bimonthly MH SQIP agenda item
1.2
Public Health to
develop local MHWB &
MHP targets at
individual, community,
organisational & citywide levels that reflect
national & local targets
as well as ‘bottom up
experience’
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S Hall &
S Lees
(PH)
S Hall/S
Lees
(Public
Health)
People
Directorate
(PCC)
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
MH SQIP
To draw upon existing
evidence
base
of
interventions that work
&
promote
the
development of new
evidence
End
Date
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
1.3
Develop a centralised
Plymouth Mental Health
& Well-being
Information Hub that
that aims to house
national & local
research & evidence
that helps to
demonstrate the impact
& outcomes of local
MHWB services
Establish supporting
resource requirements
(including staffing) to
implement, manage &
review an evidence
bank
Establish appropriate
social media to
increase the access &
use of this information
Map & identify gaps in MHWB & recovery research,
evidence based interventions & local best practice as
part of update of 2012 MHNA
Clarification of current links, work streams &
resources (skills & capabilities & finances) between
Public Health, key MHWB stakeholders University of
Plymouth (UoP)
Support commissioners to develop evidenced based
MHWB & MHP& Recovery care pathways,
interventions, service specifications, quality
indicators & outcome measures, monitoring &
evaluation methodology
Support the development of MHWB Evidence
Bank/Resource website either through Plymouth
Informed or the Plymouth Mental Health Network
(PMHN) Website & staffing in place to
host/house/manage/ regularly update
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June
2012
PMHN
June
2012
June
2012
Dec
2012
R
Byng
(UoP)
PMHN
&
MH
SQIP
Reps
S Hall &
S Lees
(PH)
S Claridge
(PMHN)
To build on existing
good
practice
&
disseminate this at all
levels
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
M
Embleton
(GP)
MH SQIP
To ensure mental health
promotion is sustained
at a strategic level
amongst local strategic
partners
End
Date
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
1.4
Identify & map current work
streams amongst local
strategic partners that
contribute to MHWB
‘Who’s Who, Who Does & What’ in Plymouth
Mental Health’ Guide including a map of work
streams (as Action 1.3) that contribute to
MHWB to be included on appropriate MHWB
Evidence Bank/Resource website as
developed in Action 1.3
April
2012
TBC
S Claridge
(PMHN)
TBC
S Hall
(PH)
Guide reviewed and updated on a 6 monthly
basis
1.5
Re-invigorate opportunities
for the PMHN to provide a
central ‘hub’ for MHWB
best practice
PMHN revised TOR on annual basis
PHMN representation at MH SQIP with
formalised PMHN representation & members’
contribution & feedback/process in place that is
reviewed on annual basis
PMHN links with all Plymouth MHWB related
groups, regional & national networks
1.6
Establish a comprehensive
picture & understanding of
Plymouth mental health &
well-being investment
across all services &
resources areas through
reviewing current MH
SQIP, Public Health &
DAAT investment (MHNA
2012)
May
2012
July
2012
June
2012
Ongoing
June
2012
Support the development of a part-time PMHN
Co-ordinator
June
2012
Short term group (including key MH
commissioning partners) to be set up and
undertake this action on behalf of MH SQIP
July
2012
Identified & sustainable MHWB PS resource
allocation (linked to Action 2.2)
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TBC
PMHN
S Claridge
(PMHN)
Ongoing
TBC
S Sposito
Plymouth
On Line
Directory
(POD)
MH SQIP
P
O’Sullivan
(NHS
Plymouth)
S Hall
(PH)
To build on existing
good
practice
&
disseminate this at all
levels
A Daw
(PIPs)
To develop a local
information strategy &
produce appropriate &
accessible
local
information on MHWB
NH SQIP
To build capacity for
mental health promotion
(MHP) amongst local
strategic partners
through adequate
resource allocation &
staff development
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
End
Date
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
1.7
Increase local awareness &
knowledge of all aspects of
MHWB/recovery through the
publication of quarterly MHWB
Briefings that are linked with the
Annual MHWB campaign (Action
3.1)
Survey (Survey Monkey?) to be
developed to help measure the
effectiveness/ impact of the briefings
(pre/post)
1.8
Support the development & use of
Plymouth On-line Directory (POD) as
the primary website (& if necessary
other key sites) to house key
information relating to MHWB
services & resources (including
downloadable leaflets & a shared
‘quality’ mark) that is applicable &
accessible for mental health service
commissioners, service providers &
practitioners, personal budget
holders & service users (MHNA 6a)
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Quarterly MHWB Briefings (paper &
electronic) to contribute to existing
newsletters (PIPS/ Sentinel/Guild
etc…) or standalone to include MHWB
news/evidence, events/key strategies
etc…, ‘Who’s Who and Who Does
What in Plymouth Mental Health
Guide’ (as Action 1.4)
Aug
2012
PMHN
MHWB
Steering
Group:
S Hall
(PH)
A Daw
(PIPs)
Increased awareness about what’s
going in relation to MHWB in Plymouth
with local strategic partners & key
mental health & well-being
stakeholders
TBC
Plymouth City MH Resource Hub &
fully developed POD to house key
information relating to MHWB services,
resources & evidence
July
2012
Accessible means for providers to add
& edit services on POD
Ongoing
MHWB service pathway/flow chart to
support understanding & access to
relevant support & services on POD
Ongoing
TBC
S
Claridge
(MIND)
TBC
MHWB
Steering
Group:
S Hall
(PH)
S Sposito
(PCC-POD)
Public
Health
Improvement Team
To develop a local
information strategy &
produce appropriate &
accessible local
information on MHWB
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
PIPs
To ensure local strategic
partners scrutinise the
potential impact of their
strategic decisions on
public MHWB
End
Date
Improve information and standards relating to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
1.9
MHWB Steering Group to
set up Task & Finish Group
to:
MHWB Steering Group awareness/training
session to develop knowledge & understanding
of MHWB Impact Tools
Map current MHWB impact
tools and develop & pilot a
City MHWB & Recovery
focused ‘Impact Tool’ &
process for use in both
strategic forums and
service provision;
‘Mindful scrutiny’ tool for Plymouth that can help
measure the impact of key strategies (& where
applicable) interventions on MHWB for
overarching strategic forums (Health & Wellbeing Board/ LSP/Commissioners/ Sentinel) &
mental health & mental health related providers
June
2012
Completed EIA & MWIA for all key MHWB (&
related) strategies & process in place to
address the recommendations highlighted as a
consequence
TBC
Plymouth MH Network to act as a focal point for
piloting and dissemination of the developed tool
Jan
2013
Assess the wider
implications & applications
of MHWB impact
assessments & WEMWBS
Survey Tool (Warwick &
Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Survey) for Plymouth
Identify & target key local
strategies/ contracts/service
specifications/service areas
to apply tool;
Develop ways to use
existing (and new)
feedback (including
complaints &
commendations) from
people with direct
experience of mental ill
health & MH stakeholders
to form part of the
‘Plymouth Mindful Scrutiny
Tool’
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Oct
2012
Nov
2012
LINK
S Hall
(PH)
Nov
2012
S Lees
(PH)
Andy
Pratt (PH)
S
Claridge
(PMHN)
A Daw
(PIPs)
To ensure all mental
health promotion activity
is non-discriminatory &
promotes inclusion
Co-ordinated
approach to mental
health & well-being
commissioning
Service user & carer
engagement &
involvement strategy
Sustainable
Improvements
Establish local a
MHWB evidence
base
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Equality Impact
Assessment
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
S Hall
(PH)
MH SQIP
To undertake an annual
review of mental health
promotion & this
strategy & produce an
annual report & action
plan
MH SQIP
To build capacity for
mental health promotion
(MHP) amongst local
strategic partners
through adequate
resource allocation &
staff development
End
Date
Raise the case for sustainable improvements to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
2.1
Establish Plymouth Mental Health
& Well-being Steering Group to
manage & implement the MHWB
Promotion Strategy and action
plan & provide progress report to
the MH SQIP & LSP on quarterly
basis
Confirmed Terms of Reference (TOR) in
place
May
2012
Plymouth Mental Health Promotion
Steering Group to meet bimonthly to
manage, implement & report action plan
on a quarterly basis to MH SQIP &
Plymouth Healthy Partnership
June
2012
&
annu
ally
there
after
Steering Group TOR reviewed annually
2.2
Develop a process & establish
resources that support local
innovative MHWB interventions
Support local MHWB providers to
have evidenced based services
that demonstrate effectiveness &
are proportionate to the MHWB
needs of people living in Plymouth
Co-ordinated MHWB commissioning
pathway that has been developed with
people with direct experience of mental
ill-health to be tabled at MH SQIP (linked
to Action 1.6)
July
2012
Development of MHWB innovation grant
to pump prime local MHWB interventions
over 1-2yr period that then links into
mainstream commissioning processes
TBC
Establish a Plymouth MHWB/Recovery
evidence base development pathway &
organisational support process
TBC
Identification of current Plymouth MHWB
& Recovery interventions that require
support to develop a local evidence base
TBC
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S Hall & S
Lees (PH)
S Hall & S
Lees (PH)
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
S Hall
(Public
Health)
D
Halifax
(PCC)
To ensure all mental
health promotion activity
is non-discriminatory &
promotes inclusion
End
Date
Raise the case for sustainable improvements to mental health and well-being in Plymouth
2.3
Complete Equality Impact
Assessment (EIA) for this strategy
Completed EIA & highlighted
recommendations integrated into this
Action Plan
July
2012
Sept
2012
R
Edward
s (PCC)
2.4
Encourage use of ‘Report it’ within
mental health services (MHS)
Increase in numbers of people referring
to ‘Report it’ (reporting system in PCC on
discrimination) using MHS
TBC
Darin
Halifax
(PCC)
2.5
MH provider Network to clarify the
position of the MH SQIP in relation
to its response to The current
national mental health strategy –
‘No Health without Mental Health’
MH SQIP clarification regarding its
position & anticipated travel of direction
in relation to a developing one Plymouth
Mental Health Strategy
July
2012
S
Claridge
(PMHN
Chair)
PMHN
To
integrate
the
promotion of mental
health & well-being into
service delivery plans of
local strategic partners
& MH SQIP
2.6
Development & implementation of
service user & carer engagement
& involvement strategy across all
MHWB agencies
Completed PCH Engagement &
Involvement Strategy
Feb
2012
A Daw
(PIPs)
PIPs, PCH
Strategy roll-out across Plymouth
TBC
To ensure all mental
health promotion activity
is non-discriminatory &
promotes inclusion
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To ensure all mental
health promotion activity
is non-discriminatory &
promotes inclusion
Plymouth wide
promotion and
recovery campaign
Evaluate impact
Innovative
Interventions
Develop innovative
interventions
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Annual calendar
of events
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
End
Date
Mar
2012
Oct
2012
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
PMHN
To integrate the
promotion of MHWB into
all existing health
promotion &
improvement
programmes
Develop innovative mental health and well-being interventions in Plymouth
3.1
MHWB Steering Group to set up
Task & Finish Group to:
Develop a Plymouth wide Mental
Health & Well-being Promotion &
Recovery Campaign that is
innovative & integrated with
national promotional programmes
& existing local initiatives (e.g.
Time to change, Five Ways to
Mental Well-being, Mind Apples,
recovery star, population level
suicide awareness training and
intervention, school based
awareness, education &
interventions). It also should be
integrated with physical health
improvement outcomes (diet,
exercise, alcohol, & smoking) &
targeted at high risk groups &
neighbourhoods (MHNA 2012);
Establish supporting resource
requirements (including staffing) to
implement, manage & review the
campaign;
Plymouth-wide mental health & wellbeing marketing approach & annual
campaign that will optimise knowledge,
understanding and use of services and
resources and pool limited resources
PMHN Time to Change bid submitted to
support campaign & local developments
July
2012
MHWB
Steering
Group:
S Hall
(Public
Health)
Support the establishment part-time
Plymouth MHWB Co-ordinator to
administer & co-ordinate the campaign
Oct
2012
Campaign Evaluation ‘tool’ in place
Oct
2012
Showcase Plymouth best practice at key
MHWB promotional campaigns
TBC
Develop evaluation methodology
to measure the impact of the
campaign;
Monitor & provide relevant
information to media reps to
promote MHWB through proactive
& responsive print media coverage
Aug
2012
J/D Hardy
(Blurt)
TBC
Regular mental health ‘taster topic’ &
‘key events’ promotion in local press
Response to reported ‘poor’ mental
health coverage in media
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TBC
A Daw
(PIPs)
S
Claridge
(MIND)
YMCA
The Guild
MIND
To promote & support
the development of
multi-agency
approaches to mental
health promotion
To ensure the
integration of mental &
physical health (MHPH)
is in minds of all
professionals & in
service planning &
delivery of LSP
Strategies
To support a range of
resources which
promote MHWB &
challenge discrimination
To promote & support
the development of
multi-agency
approaches to mental
health promotion
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
Health
Improvement
Team
(PH)
To
integrate
the
promotion of MHWB into
all
existing
health
promotion & improvement
programmes
S
Hall
(PH)
To promote and support
the development of multiagency approaches to
mental health promotion
Start
Date
End
Date
July
2012
S
(PH)
Mar
2013
S Hopkins
(The
Reader)
Develop innovative mental health and well-being interventions in Plymouth
3.2
3.3
Public Health Improvement Team to
develop an annual Health Promotion
Campaign that focuses on local public
mental health, health & well-being needs,
holistic healthy lifestyle messages & is
reinforced with relevant literature that can
be used in a broad range of settings
Public Health & Well-being
Promotion Campaign Calendar
Feb
2012
Accessible integrated Health &
Well-being literature to reinforce
key holistic healthy lifestyle
messages
TBC
Develop Reader in Residence in
Plymouth
Plymouth Reader in Residence
Pathway developed in conjunction
with Action 2.2
Apr
2012
Hall
MH SQIP
To draw upon existing
evidence
base
of
interventions that work
3.4
3.5
Support the development of Plymouth
Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLP) to
include 5 Ways to Mental Wellbeing/MHFA /Mindful Employer Charter
Mark
Undertake feasibility study for a
community based recovery college either
literally (Plymouth Recovery college) &/or
virtually (Recovery Curriculum) that
includes consideration of the role & use of
community navigators, mentors &
coaches for people with mental health
problems (MHNA 2012) & is linked with
national & local recovery developments &
social prescribing (Action 3.6)
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Provide Public Health
Improvement Calendar &
supporting materials to HLP
MHWB Promotion Campaign
‘Pack’ to HLP as per outcome of
Action 3.1
MHWB/Recovery College,
community navigators &
mentoring feasibility study &
recommendations to MH SQIP
July
2012
TBC
J Glanville
(PH)
To develop capacity &
capability to enable a
mental health promotion
approach to wider health
improvement activities
S Hall
(PH)
TBC
S McAdie
(PH)
May
2012
Feb
2013
S Claridge
(MIND)
PMHN
To promote and support
the development of multiagency approaches to
mental health promotion
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
End
Date
Mar
2012
Apr
2013
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
S Thomas
(PH)
S Hall
(PH)
To promote and support
the development of multiagency approaches to
mental health promotion
Develop innovative mental health and well-being interventions in Plymouth
3.6
Development of
social prescribing
for MHWB
Pilot social prescribing project
PH & University of Plymouth Pilot Evaluation
Wolseley
Trust
To develop and support
inclusive neighbourhoods
which value all their
members and enable
everyone to participate in
decisions that affect their
lives
UoP
GP
surgeries:
St Neots,
St Levans,
Trelawney
Surgery
3.7
Promotion of
mental health,
physical health,
individual and
community
resilience through
contact with green
space on the
Stepping Stones
Project
Delivery of Stepping Stones to Nature project (SS2N):
Access improvements to green spaces in deprived areas
with involvement of participants
Sept
2009
Sept
2013
To
integrate
the
promotion of MHWB into
all
existing
health
promotion & improvement
programmes
To promote and support
the development of multiagency approaches to
mental health promotion
Creation of new information city-wide green spaces and
activities (where to go, what to do)
Increased evidence of health and well-being benefits of
participants in deprived areas using green space
Increase in joined up working between health, community
and green space professionals to enable access to green
space
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S Hall
(PH)
MH
SQIP
Increase in use and care of green spaces as participants
and local organisations report increased confidence,
knowledge and ownership
SS2N pathway developed in conjunction with Action 2.2
Z
Goss
(SS2N)
To support staff to remain
in work & in returning to
work following a mental
health problem
Sept
2012
Mar
2013
Co-ordinated &
targetted
approach
Train trainers &
establish trainers
forum
Awareness &
Educational
Programme
Training &
education for
staff and students
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Mental Health
First Aid
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
End
Date
May
2012
June
2012
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
Plymouth
MHFA
trainers
(PLUSS/
YMCA/
MIND)
To develop a local
information strategy &
produce appropriate &
accessible local
information on MHWB
Develop a co-ordinated awareness and education programme in Plymouth
4.1
MHWB Steering Group to set up
Task & Finish Group to:
Map, identity gaps & recommend
MHWB & MHP & recovery learning
& training opportunities applicable
to a variety of situations;
Develop a co-ordinated, targeted
& innovative Plymouth MHWB
awareness programme(s), delivery
plan & supporting business case
that is based on the MHNA (2012)
recommendations; the best
available evidence base (e.g.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA &
MHFA Lite)/5 ways to Mental wellbeing/Least Intervention First Time
(LIFT) & Recovery focused
interventions - Well-being
Recovery Action Plan (WRAP),
stigma busting sessions); &
optimises the contributions of
people with lived experience;
Identify & train team of MHWB
Awareness trainers including
service users/champions;
Set up Plymouth MHWB
Awareness Trainer Forum;
Establish a tool and process to
help measure the impact of the
programme & provide feedback to
trainers
Approved business case & service
specification to commission & deliver
MHFA targeted awareness sessions
across Plymouth
Increased & co-ordinated MHWB & MHP
& recovery learning & training
opportunities in Plymouth
Targeted delivery of mental health and
well-being & recovery awareness
sessions (full & brief ‘versions’) to key
organizations/ ’gatekeepers’ of services
& high risk/priority groups
Plymouth MHWB Awareness Trainer
Forum to provide support & supervision
to all MHFA trainers (including peer
support, co-ordination & resourcing to
ensure confidence building &
sustainability of trainers with lived
experience)
Increased MHWB & recovery awareness
in LSP’s & key stakeholders/high risk
communities/organisations
Improved mental health literacy,
emotional intelligence & support for
people who may be experiencing
emotional distress
People with lived experience delivering
training with appropriate ‘post holder’
description & support & supervision in
place
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MHWB
Steering
Group:
S Hall (PH)
A Daw
(PIPs)
S Claridge
(MIND)
G
Plenderleith
(The Guild)
S Love
(Cerebral
Health)
K
Shorten
(PCC)
PMHN
S
McAdie
(PH)
To build capacity for
mental health promotion
(MHP) amongst To
promote and support the
development of multiagency approaches to
mental health promotion
through adequate
resource allocation &
staff development
To ensure all mental
health promotion activity
is non-discriminatory &
promotes inclusion
To promote MHWB for
all employers,
employees & volunteers
across the City
To encourage a positive
approach amongst all
local organisations to
the employment of
people with mental
health problems
To promote and support
the development of
multi-agency
approaches to mental
health promotion
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
End
Date
Develop a co-ordinated awareness and education programme in Plymouth
4.2
Training & education for staff to
increase their awareness of the
impact of smoking on mental &
physical health:
One to one or group sessions
within their own environment;
Training of Student Mental health
nurses (on degree course);
Training for mental health nursing
NRT medication
Increase staff ‘s confidence to approach
the subject of smoking
Ongoing
To integrate the
promotion of MHWB into
all existing health
promotion &
improvement
programmes
Increase the confidence and self-efficacy
of individuals to use the service
Continue to develop links with the
community Mental health teams and
CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse)
C Northam
(PH)
Continue to develop the smoking
cessation service to meet the needs of
individuals especially in deprived areas
Plymouth Smoking Conference
July
2012
Aug
2012
To change the culture
and reduce the
inequalities created by
tobacco within mental
health;
To challenge the view
that smoking is a
therapeutic
intervention/copying
strategy within mental
health;
To give every person
who suffers from poor
mental health the same
rights to good health as
the general population
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Promote
maintain and
retain
employment
Mentally healthy
workplaces
Workplace and
Employment
Identify providers
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Education
training &
volunteering
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
Strategic Objective
Reference
End
Date
Support co-ordinated approaches to positive mental health within the workplace and individuals to stay in work, return to and/or gain employment
5.1
Plymouth Mental Health Network
Employment subgroup to:
Map & identify gaps in current
provision & best practice that helps
to promote & manage people’s
MHWB in work & those with health
conditions & disabilities stay in work
&/or return to work. To include
education, training, volunteering,
employment & work based support
including workplace screening for
depression and anxiety disorders;
professional workplace champions
to support workforce & negotiation
of workplace systems, debt
management, accessing services &
support outside of the workplace;
Map, identify gaps & develop
current provision & best practice
that helps to promote & support
people with mental health problems
who are out of work to gain &
sustain employment.
Identify industries or organisations
willing to support those re-entering
the workplace on realistic
foundations & expectations based
on the abilities of those in recovery
Map & identify ways to measure
outcomes of workplace MHWB
interventions
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Presentation of subgroup paper that
covers current and recommended
Plymouth MHWB at work pathway and
getting into work pathway to MH
Commissioning Employment Group &
MH SQIP
Establish & promote one shared
Plymouth MH & WB at work best
practice guide
Development of workplace mental
health support groups (& ‘buddying’
system) for people who have
experience of mental ill health or having
supported people with mental ill health
Development of sustainable &
systematic opportunities to use
employees with lived experience
expertise to improve workplace practice
& developing recovery focused
workplace environments
Improved workplace mental health
support & de-stigmatisation of mental
ill-health through delivery of MHFA
courses to Key Plymouth Workplaces
TBC
S McAdie
(PH)
S
Claridge
(PMHN)
TBC
TBC
TBC
TBC
L
Stapleton
(Employment
Subgroup
of PMHN
Chair &
Job
Centre
Plus)
Business
Health
Network
PMHN
S
Love
(Cerebral
Matters)
MH
Commissioning
Employment
Group
MH SQIP
To promote MHWB for
all employers,
employees & volunteers
across the City
To support staff to
remain in work & in
returning to work
following a mental
health problem
To promote & support
the development of
multi-agency
approaches to mental
health promotion
Action
Milestones and Outcome(s)
Timescale
Start
Date
Status
Lead(s)
Key
Partners
End Date
Strategic
Objective
Reference
Support co-ordinated approaches to positive mental health within the workplace and individuals to stay in work, return to and/or gain employment
5.2
5.3
Promote and support the
implementation of the Health
and Safety Executive Stress
Management Standards as per
legal requirement set out in the
Health and Safety Act with
Plymouth businesses
Provision of Stress
Management information/advice
to small-medium businesses &
NHS/LA employees
Delivery of organisational Management
stress Information Sessions & supporting
business case for senior managers
(workplace ‘gatekeepers’) to continue
ensuring that sessions promote the
individual mental health positive practice
identified in Action 4.1 above
Ongoing
Identification of Plymouth businesses
needing specific workplace mental health
awareness support through Health @ Work
Award needs assessment process
Ongoing
Regular mental health updates as and
when required to Business Health Network.
Ongoing
Delivery of workplace health fairs,
employees training courses, health
promotion initiatives within the workplace
environment focussed on positive mental
health (linked to Actions 1.4 & 1.7 above)
Ongoing
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Ad hoc as
required
On-going
Ad hoc
Ad hoc as
identified
through
Health @
Work Award
needs
assessment
S McAdie
(PH) (Inc.
HR Reps)
Business
Health
Network
S McAdie
(PH) (Inc.
HR Reps)
Business
Health
Network
To promote
MHWB for all
employers,
employees &
volunteers
across the City
Actions for 2013/14
1
Mental health and lifestyle advice should be routinely and opportunistically offered in primary care and other health and well-being settings, with a focus on
diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking and strengthening individual resilience (Five Ways to Well-being) recommended in the MHNA (2012))
2
Develop the role of Plymouth MHWB Champion (including role, function, training, development & support required) & ensuring linkage with other ‘champion’
programmes & using the expertise of people with lived experience as appropriate
Appoint champions & target key areas to work
Plymouth MHWB Champions across all key commissioning, provider & service user groups & City Neighbourhoods
All LSP’s to identify a MHWB champion for their organisation
Plymouth MHWB Champion Network
MHWB Champions to support the implementation of the MHWB Promotion Campaign & Awareness & Education Programme
3
Map, identify gaps & develop current provision & best practice that helps to promote integrated physical & mental health interventions
4
Develop & raise profile of the use of the cultural & creative arts within the promotion MHWB & recovery
5
Map, identify gaps & recommend psycho-educational MHWB programme to support people with lived experience of mental ill-health
6
Consider the evaluation of the Paid training Placements Pilot in Plymouth (as a recruitment & possible retention opportunity) for people with lived experience of
mental ill-health in the context of Action 5.1
Action Plan Reporting Process
The Plymouth Mental Health & Well-being Strategy Steering Group is the responsible forum for the management, implementation and review of the Plymouth Mental
Health and Well-being Promotion Strategy and Action Plan. It will provide Action Plan Update Reports and report quarterly to the MH SQIP and the forum that will
supersede the Local Strategic Partnership in April 2013 (Health & Well-being Board).
Each quarter each Action Lead will be forwarded an Action Plan Update Report and asked to provide an update on the progress and status of the Action and
Milestones/Outcomes.
Key Question: Is each Action/Milestone on track to be met, delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality?
The Lead will need to complete the following two domains:
1) Status domain:
(Action not started or milestone not on track)
(in progress)
(completed)
2) The comments domain should include key achievements (and concerns if any) in relation to each identified Milestone. If a Red Rating is given, highlight why and
provide a brief reason for the variance. Does it matter that the milestones are off track and what are the implications/risks?
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1.0
Title
Plymouth Mental Health & Well-being Strategy Steering Group
2.0
Purpose
The Steering Group is the responsible forum for the management, implementation and review of the Plymouth Mental
Health and Well-being Promotion Strategy and Action Plan
3.0
Key Actions
1. Update, develop and revise the strategy and action plan in accordance with national & local strategic and policy
developments on an annual basis
2. Ensure action plan is user friendly, the actions are SMART & that the proposed outcomes will show that the actions
have made a difference
3. Manage, monitor, review the progress & completion of the Actions
4. Quarterly progress Reports to the MH SQIP & the forum that will supersede the Local Strategic Partnership in April
2013 (Health & Well-being Board)
5. Establish short term task & finish groups on Actions where the Steering Group is the identified Lead
6. Publicize progress on actions through regular Mental Health & Well-being Briefings
7. Review & revise terms of reference on an annual basis
8. Optimise the involvement & consultation of key partners & people with direct & lived experience of mental ill-health
4.0
Meeting Dates
July
September
November
February
April
5.0
19th 2-4pm
20th 11am – 1pm
15th 11am – 1pm
14th 11am – 1pm
18th 11am – 1pm
LMR PHDU Catherine Street, Plymouth
LMR PHDU Catherine Street, Plymouth
SMR PHDU Catherine Street, Plymouth
LMR PHDU Catherine Street, Plymouth
Venue TBC
Chair
Sue Hall (Mental Health Promotion Lead – Public Health)
6.0
Membership
Sarah Hopkins (The Reader Organisation SW
(ROSW)
Claire Hill (The Guild)
Chris Everatt (PIPS)
Ashley Daw (PIPS)
Sarah Lees (Public Health)
Cathryn Northam (Stop Smoking Service)
Sharon Claridge (Steps)
Caroline Adams (ROSW)
Sue Hall (Public Health)
Simon Love (Cerebral Health)
Mary Embleton (GP)
Lucy Stapleton (Job Centre Plus)
Lisa Gimingham (Plymouth Community
Healthcare (PCH))
Rhian Edwards (Plymouth City Council)
Nita Dodd (PCH)
Katy Shorten (Plymouth City Council)
8.0
sarahhopkins@thereader.org.uk
07976 504622
clairehill@plymouthguild.org.uk
ceveratt@msn.com
adaw@colebrookhousing.co.uk
Sarah.lees3@nhs.net
cathryn.northam@nhs.net
sharon@plymouthmind.org.uk
carolineadams@thereader.org.uk
shall18@nhs.net
simonlove@cerebralhealth.org.uk
Mary.embleton@nhs.net
LUCY.STAPLETON2@JOBCENTREPLUS.GSI.GOV.UK
lisa.gimingham@nhs.net
01752 201766
01752 202407
01752 315775
01752 272508
01752 434116
07963 613309
01752 434869
07843 816189
01752 315315
rhian.edwards@plymouth.gov.uk
nita.dodd@nhs.net
Kathryn.Shorten@plymouth.gov.uk
Administration
Members to set meeting dates and confirm agenda. Chair to provide admin – agenda and minutes collation/circulation via
email unless requested otherwise
9.0
Reporting and Communication
Quarterly progress Reports to the MH SQIP & the forum that will supersede the Local Strategic Partnership in April 2013
(Health & Well-being Board)
Publicize progress on Actions through regular Mental Health and Well-being Briefings
10.0 Quorate
Chair, PH consultant, four Strategy Group members
11.0
Review of Terms of Reference
Minimum annually (next review May 2013)/as required during the year
SH (29.08.2012)