Agenda item

Claire Smith, NHS SYICB, and Toby Lewis, RDaSH, to present

Chris Edwards, Executive Place Director NHS SYICB, in the absence of Claire Smith, SYICB, gave the following powerpoint presentation on Aim 2 of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy:-

Aim 2: All Rotherham people enjoy the best possible mental health and wellbeing and have a good quality of life

-        Promote better mental health and wellbeing for all Rotherham people

-        Take action to prevent suicide and self-harm

-        Promote positive workplace wellbeing for staff across the partnership

-        Enhance access to mental health services

The Context

-        In Primary Care the recorded prevalence of depression in Rotherham (aged 18+) was 17.29%.  This was higher than the England value of 13.25%

-        The suicide rate for all person in Rotherham for 2021-2023 was 12.6 per 100,000 which was statistically similar to the national average for England at 10.7.  However, there had been a slight increase in male deaths in Rotherham in this same period

-        The overall rate of self-harm amongst 10-24 year olds in Rotherham in 2021 was 226 per 100,000 compared with the all England rate of 319 per 100,000.  By age group, the rates of self-harm for 2022 were 147.75 per 100,000 for 10-14 year olds, 302.2 per 100,000 for 15-19 year olds and 253.2 per 100,000 for 20-24 year olds.  In Rotherham the 15-19 year olds were more likely to self-harm than 10-14 and 20-24 year olds

Strategic Priority 1 – Promote Better Mental Health and Wellbeing for all Rotherham People – progress being made

-        Social media messages promoting RotherHive and Five Ways to Wellbeing and regular messaging via neighbourhoods e-bulletins were ongoing.  This included the voice of Rotherham people from focus group discussions

-        Good progress was being made within one year from the Board being approved as a signatory for the Mental Health Prevention Concordat.  An update was given to the Board in September

Strategic Priority 2 – Take action to prevent Suicide and Self-Harm – progress being made

-        Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) Training has been promoted across the Partnership including the Autism and Suicide Module

-        Suicide Prevention and Safeguarding session delivered at Primary Care’s Protected Learning Time Event on 14^th November

-        Activity to address themes and at risk groups identified through real time data

-        Social media used to promote ZSA training and stories from people with lived experience on World Suicide Prevention Day

-        A Task and finish Group was currently looking at suicide prevention communications and engagement work to reach out to neurodivergent communities

-        Amparo promoted their service at Primary Care’s Protected Learning Time event in July and its training sessions also promoted to staff across Place

Strategic Priority 3 – Promote Positive Workplace Wellbeing for Staff across the Partnership – progress being made

-        Rotherham has launched employment for everyone

-        Working with employers willing to offer employment or internship

-        Worked with local businesses across South Yorkshire to co-design ‘employability days’

Strategic Priority 4 – Enhance Access to Mental health Services – progress being made

-        Set National Milestones were being reached

-        The Mental Health Peer Support Service and The Mental Health Community Connectors Service were now fully available and mobilised to support people with mental health issues

-        Process to lead to the contract award for the pilot service for those who had attempted suicide was ongoing

-        Rotherham Safe Space was now offering an alternative to Crisis Service 4 nights a week

-        The Rotherham Crisis Pathway Specification had now been agreed at Place Leadership Team and internally by RDaSH and RMBC

Areas to address and next steps

-        No action under Aim 2 was off track

-        The social medica messages and the regular messaging going out via neighbourhoods e-bulletins in creating awareness on mental health issues should be strengthened

-        The progress being made with the implementation of Mental Health Prevention Concordat should be sustained

-        There was the need for more regular sessions of suicide and self-harm awareness and targeted training that included themes from real time data

-        It was of utmost importance that the Task and Finish Group currently looking at suicide prevention communication and engagement complete their work and reach out to neurodivergent communities on time

-        Continue to engage partners in the development and mobilisation of the integrated primary/secondary care mental health transformation

-        A Suicide Prevention Symposium was held on 2^nd December to develop the 2025-2027 Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Action Plan

-        What should be the focus for the refreshed Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Discussion ensued with the following issues raised/clarified:-

-        Issues in terms of mental health and the prevalence of depression were recognised

-        Be the One Campaign had been a massive hit with over 1M hits

-        Over £300K support grants for communities which had really worked well

-        Why Safe Space not open 7 days a week

(Chris Edwards provided the following information after the meeting:-

“The resources available covered 4 days week so we have worked to ensure it is open on the days of the week where demand is highest and when other services are reduced)”

Chris was thanked for the presentation.

Resolved:-  That the presentation be noted.