Issue - meetings

The Chair invited Jane Rowland, Associate Director of Mental Health Transformation (BSW ICS) to address the Panel.

Jane Rowland gave a presentation to the Panel entitled ‘B&NES Child and Adolescent Mental Health Update’, a copy of which will be attached as an online appendix to these minutes and a summary is set out below.

She said that colleagues from Oxford Health would like to attend a future meeting of the Panel to provide a further update.

Aligning priorities – MH and BSW Model of Care

·  Working together to empower people to lead their best life

o  Starting well

o  Living well

o  Ageing well

·  Personalised care – We want health and care to be right for every individual – not ‘one size fits all’

·  Healthier communities – We want people to live in communities that help

them to live healthier lives

·  Joined-up local teams – People from the NHS, local authority, third sector and other partners will form teams together and we will have the right teams in your area

·  Local specialist services – We will provide more access to routine

appointments, tests and treatments closer to where you live

·  Specialist centres – Our specialist centres like hospitals will focus less on routine care and more on specialist health and care

Context – Population

NHS England benchmark data for us every year in relation to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

B&NES has a lower percentage of the population aged 0 – 18 that receive these services. Swindon has the highest across the BSW footprint.

Context – Needs

B&NES is higher than the national median and mean for the percentage of school pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.

Important to consider this when we structure the services required within our local communities.

National context

Covid has had an effect on the mental health of children and young people – this cannot be underestimated.

Referrals to CAMHS increased significantly during the pandemic.

Regional context

The number of referrals accepted by Oxford Health (BSW) is high in comparison to other South West areas and that should be seen as a positive. This shows that the right number of children and young people are being referred to receive the services they need.

Waiting times

Oxford Health (BSW) performs really well in terms of waiting times and is low in comparison to neighbouring areas.

There is a need to try to provide access to local services whilst waiting for actual CAMHS treatment to lessen the impact of waiting times.

Key findings (BSW)

Overall our children and young people are less affected by income deprivation and their mental health needs are slightly lower than the national average.

The number of children and young people in need due to abuse / neglect is also lower than the national average.

We are however higher than the national average for the number of school pupils that have with social, emotional and mental health needs and the number of 16 – 24 year olds  ...  view the full minutes text for item 35