Issue - meetings

To receive a presentation regarding the creation of a prevention concordat.

11.40am – 20 mins – Jane Shayler

Jane Shayler, Director – Integrated Health and Care Commissioning, gave a presentation to the Board regarding the implementation of the prevention concordat.  The following issues were outlined:

·  The concordat is a shared commitment by a wide range of national organisations.

·  It represents an approach to improving people’s mental health and reducing the risk of mental illness.

·  It was launched by Public Health England as an ambition of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health to support the objective that all local areas have a prevention plan in place by 2017/18.

·  The concordat includes:

o  Promoting good mental health and wellbeing

o  Preventing mental health problems and suicide

o  Improving the lives of people experiencing and recovering from mental health problems

From early years and adolescence through adults and parenthood and into older age.

·  Public Health England proposed the following five key steps to create a local prevention plan for better mental health:

o  Needs and assets assessment

o  Partnership and alignment

o  Translating need into deliverable commitments

o  Defining success outcomes

o  Leadership and accountability

·  The Health and Wellbeing Board could take a lead role in:

o  Raising the profile of this work

o  Inviting the key partnerships and groups to account for progress

o  Supporting co-ordination across the system

o  Identifying one or two specific preventative initiatives to promote good mental health and wellbeing in B&NES.

Bruce Laurence noted that many physical health symptoms were generated by stress and so improving mental health would also lead to improvements in physical health.

Diana Hall Hall stressed the need to listen to local health and wellbeing and mental health networks to ascertain their needs and requirements.

A copy of the presentation slides is attached as Appendix 2 to these minutes.

RESOLVED:

(1)  To agree the approach outlined in the presentation with regard to implementing the Prevention Concordat.

(2)  To support the suggestion of a “Year of Mental Health” including events to raise awareness of mental health issues and tackle stigma including the “5 ways to wellbeing” model:

·  Connect – with the people around you family, friends, community

·  Be active

·  Take notice – be curious, catch sight of the beautiful, savour the moment, be aware of the world around you

·  Keep learning

·  Give – thank someone, smile, volunteer, join a community group