Issue - meetings

-           Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods and Adult Services to report.

Councillor Doyle, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, introduced a report by the Strategic Director of Neighbourhoods and Adult Services which sought approval to join partner organisations in South Yorkshire in formally agreeing to the principles in the national Concordat for Mental Health Crisis Care.

The Crisis Concordat was a key element of the Better Care Fund (BCF01) workstream, which was working to develop a Mental Health Liaison Service that supported the outcomes of the Better Care Fund and the principle of ‘parity of esteem’ between physical and mental health care.

It was, therefore, proposed that the Council supported the aims of the Concordat formally by becoming signatories to the South Yorkshire Declaration Statement.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the report be received and the contents noted.

(2)  That the commitment of the Local Authority to the Declaration be endorsed and the involvement of Council officers in implementing the recommendations contained in the Concordat within the Better Care Fund Action Plan be approved.

(3)  That the onward progress of the report to Health and Wellbeing Board, Children and Young People’s Services Department Leadership Team and Cabinet Member for Children and Education Services for information and support for the Action Plan be approved.

Janine Parkin, Strategic Commissioning Manager, submitted a proposal to join partner organisations in South Yorkshire in formally agreeing to the principles in the national Concordat for Mental Health Crisis Care.

The Department of Health ‘Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat – Improving outcomes for people experiencing mental health crisis’ was published in February, 2014.  The Concordat included all age groups from 16 years and beyond.

Signatories to the Concordat had made a commitment to work together to support local systems to achieve continuous improvements for crisis care for people with mental health issues across England.

A Declaration document had been developed by NHS England and sign up at a locality level by partner organisations had been canvassed at a sub-regional level.

In September, 2014, a formal request was made to the Authority to agree to sign up to the Concordat and to join with partner organisations to develop local area action plans to implement the recommendations contained therein.

The deadline for uploading declarations to the national Crisis Care Concordat website was December, 2014, and had been set by the Department of Health.

The Yorkshire and Humber Multi-Agency Mental Health Collaborative was a group that met every 2 months and already had senior representatives from a number of key stakeholders in regular attendance.  NHS England suggested that the group could help support the implementation of local action plans as well as be a forum to discuss specific problems and take actions back to their respective organisations.

The Crisis Concordat was a key element of the Better Care Fund (BCF01) workstream which was working to develop a Mental Health Liaison Service that supported the outcomes of the BCF and the principle of ‘parity of esteem’ between physical and mental health care.

It was proposed that the Council supports the aims of the Concordat formally by becoming signatories to the South Yorkshire Declaration Statement.

Resolved:-  (1)  That the Cabinet be requested to recommend to Council the signing of the South Yorkshire Declaration Statement on National Crisis Care Concordat and approve the involvement of Council Officers in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Concordat within the Better Care Fund Action Plan.

(2)  That the report be referred to the Health and Wellbeing Board and the Cabinet Member for Children and Education Services for information and support of the action plan.