Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 - aims to
provide mental health services at an earlier stage for individuals
who are experiencing mental health problems to reduce the risk of
further decline in mental health; make provision for care and
treatment plans for those in secondary mental health care and
ensure those previously discharged from secondary mental health
services have access to those services when they believe their
mental health may be deteriorating; extend mental health advocacy
provision beyond that which is currently required.
Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 Regulations Parts 1,
2, 3 and 4
Regulations relating to
Part 2 (Care Coordinator and Care and Treatment
Plan) of the Measure were debated and approved by the
National Assembly for Wales on 6 December 2011. You can access
the Care and Treatment plan template in
English or
Welsh. From 6 June 2012, mental health
services will be required to deliver the care coordination and care
and treatment planning provisions.
Regulations relating to Part 3 -
The Mental Health (Assessment of Former
Users of Secondary Mental Health Services) of the Measure
were debated and approved by the National Assembly for Wales on
Tuesday, 18 October 2011. These Regulations will come into force on
6 June 2012.
Regulations relating to Part 4 -
The Mental Health (Independent Mental
Health Advocates) of the Measure were debated and approved
by the National Assembly for Wales on Tuesday, 18 October 2011.
These Regulations will come into force insofar as they relate to
Welsh qualifying informal patients on 2 April
2012, and for all other purposes on 3 January
2012.
Consultation on Regulations relating to Part
1 (Primary Care Referrals and Eligibility to Conduct
Primary Mental Health Assessments) of the Measure has now
concluded (17 January).
Mental Health (Wales) Measure Guidance Part 1 -
Guidance for Local Health
Boards and Local Authorities on the Establishment of Joint Schemes
for the Delivery of Local Primary Mental Health Support Services
has been circulated by the Welsh Government.
Together for Health: A five year vision for the
NHS in Wales
Together for Health highlights plans for how the NHS Wales
will look in 2016. The main focus is on delivering improvement
within five years, promising that health will be better for
everyone, that access and patient experience will improve, and that
better service safety and quality will enhance health outcomes. The
document highlights in seven areas where the change must happen,
why and how:
- Improving health as well as treating sickness
- One system for health
- Hospitals for the 21st century as part of a well designed,
fully
- integrated network of care.
- Aiming at Excellence Everywhere
- Absolute transparency on performance
- A new partnership with the public
- Making every penny count
WAG Mental Health Act 1983 Approval of Approved
Clinicians in Wales 2011 Guidance, - This Guidance has
been developed to assist individuals and organisations that have
interests and responsibilities relating to the approval of Approved
Clinicians 2008 (see below) to understand and fulfil those
responsibilities.
NAfW Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee:
Post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for services veterans
February 2011, - report resulting from an inquiry into the
adequacy and suitability of services in Wales for armed services
veterans, including the Territorial Army, who suffer from PTSD.
WAG Delivering the Care Programme Approach in Wales July
2010 Guidance - This interim guidance is provided to
Local Health Boards (LHBs) and Local Authorities in Wales to advise
them on how they should proceed in with service planning under the
CPA. The guidance will also be useful to other statutory and
non-statutory agencies and organisations involved in the planning
and delivery of care to users of secondary mental health
services.
WAG The Role of Community Mental Health teams in
Delivering Community Mental Health Services: Interim Policy
Implementation Guidance and Standards, July 2010. The
guidance stresses the importance of ensuring that services
delivered by CMHTs are integrated and delivered in a co-ordinated
way, and that services set out clear and transparent access and
discharge criteria. This guidance is issued to support senior
managers of mental health services working in Local Health Boards
and Local Authorities in Wales. It should be read in conjunction
with Delivering the Care Programme Approach in Wales: Interim
Policy Implementation Guidance (see above).
WAG Breaking the Barriers, Action Plan May 2010
- Better Support for Children and Young People with
Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Needs. This plan is an
explicit statement of intent, and sets out how the Welsh Assembly
Government, and the public services it oversees, will achieve the
strategic goals set out in Everybody’s Business
2001 (see below).
PUBLIC HEALTH WALES Vulnerable Groups: Draft Good
Practice Framework for people with a learning disability
requiring planned secondary care 2010 - The work was
commissioned from Public Health Wales by WAG as part of their
service level agreement. This report aims to define best practice
and improve health outcomes for people with LD when they access
secondary health care for a planned hospital stay. It is primarily
targeted at hospitals and for people with LD, their families,
carers and paid support staff.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Regulations made by
Welsh Ministers - The first two sets of Regulations
relating to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards of the Mental
Capacity Act 2005 have now been laid before the National Assembly
for Wales.
WAG Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Guidance
The documents listed below are now available for download:
Mental Health Act 1983 Approved Clinician (Wales)
Directions 2008 - The Welsh Ministers direct the Boards to
exercise the function of approving persons to be approved
clinicians.
WAG Raising the Standard: Revised Adult Mental Health
National Service Framework and Action Plan, 2005
-
This revised National Service
Framework (NSF) supplants the original one published in April 2002.
The 8 Standards and 44 Key Actions remain largely the same within
the revision however the whole document has been brought up to
date. Incorporated within this document are the Welsh Assembly
Government’s priorities for mental health services. It also
includes an Action Plan to implement the recommendations from a
number of reviews that have been undertaken and strategies
developed since the NSF’s original publication.
WAG Everybody's Business, Strategy Document
2001 - Improving Mental Health Services in Wales: child
and adolescent mental health services (CAHMS) Strategy. The
Strategy draws on the report of the independent Advisory Group set
up to
advise the Assembly on CAMHS. This
document provides National Assembly guidance against which services
will be monitored and assessed.