Publications
Information for Mental Health list many useful local and national publications in the 'Info bank' section of their website. You can download a range of documents, including:
- local strategies and plans
- national guidelines
- legislation.
Occasionally important documents from the Modernisation Team will be published here:
- The mental health needs of black and minority ethnic communities in Chapeltown and Harehills, Report to Leeds Adult Social Care, March 2008 (Word, 930KB)
- Presentation given to Modernisation Team regarding the report on the mental health needs of BME communities in Chapeltown and Harehills, April 2008 (PowerPoint, 124KB)
The following publications have featured in recent Volition newsletters:
Issue 61 (May 2008)
- 25 ways to be LGB friendly, Equity Partnership
- Citizenship: Our Common Bond, Lord Goldsmith QC Citizenship Review (Ministry of Justice, March 2008)
- Commissioning and providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men, Resource Guide (SCIE, March 2008)
- Common Core Principles to Support Self Care: A guide to support implementation (DH, May 2008)
- Dignity in Care, Practice Guide (SCIE, updated February 2008)
- Equality Scheme (EHRC, April 2008)
- Guides to procurement (ACEVO, updated March 2008)
- Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Commissioning Toolkit (DH, April 2008)
- Leeds Director of Public Health annual report for 2007-08 (Leeds PCT, February 2008)
- Measuring the Gap - Tackling Health Inequalities (Healthy Leeds, December 2007) (NB to download the report please note it is 8.3MB)
- Recovery Star, general information can be accessed here
- Recovery Star, User Guide & Organisation Guide can be accessed here
- Refocusing the Care Programme Approach: Policy and positive practice guidance (DH, March 2008)
- Stress and resilience factors in parents with mental health problems and their children, Research Briefing (SCIE, March 2008)
- The future of care and support, meeting the needs of a changing society - public debate. Consultation runs from May to November 2008.
- The mental health needs of black and minority ethnic communities in Chapeltown and Harehills, Report to Leeds Adult Social Care, March 2008
- Volunteering in the Public Services: Health and Social Care, report by Baroness Julia Neuberger (Office of the Third Sector, March 2008)
- Working for a healthier tomorrow, review by Dame Carol Black (DH, March 2008)
Issue 60 (April 2008)
- Leeds Voice Health Forum Report - Value, Creativity, Flexibility (Leeds Voice, PDF, 1.1MB)
- Mental Health Lunchtime Forum, Post natal depression presentation
- NCVO Collaborative Working Conference Report
- NCVO Collaborative Working - Structures for Consortium Delivery of Services
- NICE Guidance on community engagement
- Post natal depression self help guidance (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
- Questions to ask - Department of Health Leaflet
- What's the Story, Shift Media Handbook
Issue 59 (February 2008)
- Annual report update 2007
- Away Day poem, presentations and reports
- Empowering the Voluntary Sector - NAVCA training course
- Mental Health Lunchtime Forum, Cannabis & Psychosis presentation
- Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2007 - Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute
- Putting People First, concordat
- Roísín Bán, Leeds Irish Health & Homes
Issue 58 (December 2007)
- Compact for Leeds - codes of practice
- Direct Payments: A National Survey (Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 2007)
- Employers criticise GPs for inadequate support when managing people off work with mental health problems (CIPD/KPMG, November 2007)
Press release and Report - Help and support for people in Leeds bereaved by suicide and other sudden traumatic death (Information for Mental Health, November 2007, 1.1MB)
- Home from home: a report highlighting opportunities for improving standards of dementia care in care homes (Alzheimer's Society, November 2007)
- Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service wins Guardian Public Services Award (Guardian, 28/11/07)
- Mental Health Providers Forum annual conference: Intelligent Commissioning, held 12/11/07 - Evaluation report (MHPF, Dec 2007)
- National Service User Network – Strategy and joining instructions
- Our Health, Our Care, Our Say – what could the NHS learn from individual budgets and direct payments? (University of Birmingham Health Services Management Centre and in Control, August 2007, 218KB)
- Pathways to Therapy – full report (Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Leeds, 2007)
- Recruitment and mental health (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, October 2007)
- The Ripple Effect: The Economic Contribution of the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector in Leeds (Leeds Voice, November 2007, 754KB)
- Why women-only? The value and benefits of by women, for women services (Women's Resource Centre, October 2007)