Issue - meetings
Overview and Scrutiny Review of Mental Health
Meeting: 07/06/2022 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 60)
60 Overview and Scrutiny Review of Mental Health PDF 240 KB
To consider the recommendations of the review
into mental health. The review seeks to understand how clients
access primary care and community sector providers and address any
barriers to accessing these services.
Additional documents:
- Appendix A - O&S report on mental health, item 60 PDF 647 KB View as HTML (60/2) 113 KB
- Appendix B - Mental health equalities form - FINAL, item 60 PDF 127 KB
Minutes:
Councillor Gibson, chair of the Health and Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel, presented the Panel’s review into mental health. The review focused on self-help and early intervention, looking at primary care and voluntary sector provision for adults. In Bracknell Forest, Talking Therapies was exceeding all four of the nationally set targets for treatment timescales and recovery.
The Panel were working towards eight recommendations, some of which were designed to support actions already identified in Bracknell Forest’s draft Health and Wellbeing strategy.
Councillor Birch noted the benefit of drawing together a joint review with partners and Board members.
Meeting: 26/04/2022 - Executive (Item 249)
249 Overview and Scrutiny Review of Mental Health PDF 240 KB
To consider the recommendations of the review
into mental health. The review seeks to understand how clients
access primary care and community sector providers and address any
barriers to accessing these services.
Additional documents:
- Appendix A - O&S report on mental health, item 249 PDF 645 KB View as HTML (249/2) 113 KB
- Appendix B - Mental health equalities form - FINAL, item 249 PDF 127 KB
Minutes:
RESOLVED that
i. the Executive notes the recommendations made to the Health and
Wellbeing Board.
ii. the Executive Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing invites the Chair of the Health and Care O&S Panel to present the mental health review report to the Health and Wellbeing Board on 7 June 2022.
iii. the Executive notes the recommendations made to Frimley Clinical
Commissioning Group.
iv. the Executive Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing works with primary care and voluntary sector providers to increase the opportunity for mental health services to be present in community spaces. By December 2022, subject to the prevailing COVID approach.