Programme

Registration and refreshments

Opening remarks from the Chair

Determining the vision for the future of mental health and the priorities for commissioning

• Discovering how the New Horizons policy will impact the commissioning and delivery of mental health services
• Delivering and sustaining cost-effective, innovative and high quality services in a period of recession
• Exploring the possibility of decommissioning across mental health

Question and answer session

Discussion - Are we all now delivering World Class Commissioning in mental health?

Following Darzi’s review and its vision of local commissioners working with providers, the public and service users to devise local approaches to mental health and mental health care, this is your chance to discuss your progress with fellow commissioners and service providers

Local strategic approaches to improving population mental health and wellbeing. Developing helpful guidance for local commissioners

• Promoting improved mental health, well-being and resilience in local communities – why this is an essential complement to caring for and treating illness
• Addressing inequalities in mental health by promoting good mental health by promoting good mental health and well-being
• Recognising the benefits of a population approach to promoting mental health for people living with mental illness, their families and carers
• Why promoting mental health and well-being helps improve equality and reduce stigma and discrimination

Question and answer session

Morning refreshments

Ensuring the commissioning of mental health services supports the quality agenda

• Effectively using commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) as an incentive to deliver quality mental health services
• Determining the implication of QIPP for mental health
• Improving recovery based services through effective monitoring and evaluation
• Expanding on the principle of early intervention to improve long-term outcomes
• Commissioning to ensure improvement in quality and accessibility of services whilst operating in a constricting financial environment

Question and answer session

Commissioning evidence-based supported employment

• Commissioning to meet PSA16 and NI150 to ensure people in contact with specialist mental health services don’t become further excluded from the labour market
• Commissioning effective supported employment
• Achieving value for money from commissioning

Question and answer session

Panel – Discuss the impact of a greater emphasis on personalisation, choice, quality and empowerment

Discuss with your peers your strategy for the next year and how you will tackle the challenges faced with meeting national and local priorities

Lunch

Effective commissioning of in-patient personality disorder services and the importance of consistency throughout the patient pathway

• Key issues around the pd patient population
• Improving the knowledge base
• Commissioning guidance headlines
• Developing an integrated patient pathway
• Consistency in interventions

Using Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) to understand future healthcare and wellbeing needs of the community

• Collating, analysing and sharing appropriate information to support effective needs assessment
• Reviewing service provision and delivering a comprehensive needs assessment
• Tackling the causes of mental health problems still higher upstream, at primary prevention level, through partnership working and multi-disciplinary approaches
• Developing strategic plans for the future

Question and answer session

Using Practice Based Commissioning (PBC) to achieve mental health priorities in the community

• Engaging GPs in early intervention with mental health problems
• Redesigning systems and developing stepped care and IAPT to improve pathways
• Sustaining increased efficiency savings through effective PBC

Question and answer session

Promoting the role of the third sector in the delivery of community mental health services

• Commissioning social inclusion and recovery services within community settings
• Benefiting from co-ordinated commissioning arrangements across multiple PCTs
• Implementing the standard contract for mental health services across all agencies

Question and answer session

Afternoon refreshments

Evaluating the progress made around Payment by Results (PbR) for mental health

• Discover the latest currency developments for mental health
• Developing a local tariff with commissioners, providers, local authority partners and public health colleagues whilst keeping an eye on national developments
• Identifying contractual issues with PbR and the impact on providers
• Transferring lessons learnt from pilot schemes
• Aligning development of all outcome measurements
• Discussing ideas for improving, developing and implementing mental health PbR

Question and answer session & Chair’s closing remarks

Close of conference