Send a team of 6 people from across the care pathway to explore how commissioners and providers can take a strategic view of the design, development and delivery of mental health services in an evolving healthcare sector.
Shared learning, including action plans and innovative ideas and solutions, will be fed back to all the teams.
Who should attend
In groups of 6 people, teams will play the role they are in real life to make the Challenge relevant and current. Teams should represent the entire care pathway and should include both commissioners and providers. Suggested job titles of people who should form a team include:
- Medical director
- Clinical director
- Pharmacy director
- Director of service delivery
- Director of nursing
- Director of public health
- Pathfinder lead
- Medical management lead
- Lead commissioner for mental health
- Mental health GP lead
- Director of service development and performance
- Care pathway implementation lead
- Head of service redesign
- PBR lead
- Crisis team lead
- using QIPP for better patient outcomes
- early identification and effective recovery
- the impact of any willing provider
- impact of the Mental Health Strategy
- risks around IAPT services
- PbR clusters
- Community service development
Dr Ben Thomas commented:
“It’s great news that the Mental Health Leadership Challenge is back for its second year. Following last year’s success there is another chance for mental health staff, service users and carers to show their leadership potential, their creativity and to share ideas in this current economic climate.
As we move forward in mental health with a new strategy and the QIPP agenda, this is a great opportunity to be inspired, engaged and to make a positive difference.”
Dr Ben Thomas
Director of Mental Health & Learning Disability, Nursing Professional Leadership Team, Department of Health, and lead assessor at the Mental Health Leadership Challenge 2010
What this year’s delegates had to say:
“Been enjoyable, hard work but feel I have learned a lot”
I Mellaya, Band 5 staff nurse, West London Mental Health NHS Trust
“Challenging and helped broaden my professional experience”
Chris Munt, Mental Health Consultant, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS FT
“Very rewarding and beneficial, very worthwhile”
Erid Said, Carer, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health FT
