Recent news

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• Delivering an enhanced adult mental health acute care pathway

Improving quality, reducing cost.............read more

• MHS commissioned to review progress of Payment by Results in mental health

MHS has won a national commission (initiated by the DH and the NHS Confederation) to assess the challenges for mental health organisations in delivering PbR within the timelines set. We will be assessing views from the field & highlighting the steps necessary for efficient implementation. We believe our in-depth mental health & PbR knowledge made us the perfect choice to deliver this key piece of work.

• MHS commissioned to assess the competitive structure of the mental health market

MHS has won a major DH contract to help them analyse & assess the nature, size & structure of the mental health market in England. This will form the backbone of future strategic initiatives in mental health. Our unrivalled intelligence concerning the mental health market together with our analytical skills makes us perfect to deliver this project.

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• Press Release:

Audit Commission Mental Health leads join Mental Health Strategies

The core of the Audit Commission’s Mental Health team has joined Mental Health Strategies (MHS). Led by Catherine Mitchell, the team has built a national reputation for the benchmarking, value for money work, and strategic support which it provides to mental health organisations.............read more

• A Guide to our Service for GP Commissioners

Mental Health Strategies is England's leading independent provider of advice and support about the commissioning and provision of mental health services.............read more

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• Service Improvement and Redesign across the country

We are working with Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust to improve quality as well as reassess its base to face the new financial regime in the NHS. We are also doing similar work in Nottingham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Derby.

• MHS develops a business case for Nottinghamshire Healthcare

We developed a business case for the Trust’s Memory Assessment Services. The Trust was the main client, and the work was undertaken on behalf of 3 PCTs.

• MHS win major evaluation of Tier 3.5 CAMHS at Heart of Birmingham PCT

• MHS wins major Republic of Ireland contract to review its National Mental Health Service collaborative

• MHS act as mental health commissioning change agents for North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus

• NHS Richmond and NHS Kingston commission a capacity planning tool for inpatient & community service redesign

• MHS act as the mental health commissioning team for Derby City PCT and save millions of pounds from OATs spend

• NHS Haringey ask MHS to audit primary to secondary care interface

• Manchester Health & Social Care commission MHS to complete OBC for inpatient redesign

• MHS appointed to 3 framework contracts for mental health homicide investigations

We have been appointed to the East of England, London and South West SHA Framework Contracts to undertake Root Cause Analysis Investigations into homicides occurring within mental health services.

• Delivering cost savings – The Mental Health Strategies model

Our approach to supporting commissioners to identify and deliver cost efficiencies and service improvements has four overlapping elements: • Diagnosing where the opportunity is............read more

• New Horizons – an opportunity for local flourishing?

For local managers and commissioners of services, a common response to an important national policy document is to scan it for the new duties and powers it seeks............read more

• MHS go International

We have been working with Mott MacDonald and their Clinical Advisory Team in the development of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Bermuda. We have been providing healthcare planning services to facilitate user groups, review the design and develop a range of Clinical Output Specifications for the new build elements of the hospital. The project has involved us using both English and American healthcare build environment guidance.

• MHS link with the Manufacturing Institute

How will it be possible to square the need for major clinical and structural change, to deliver the consequences of reduced funding ,with the requirement to maintain & improve quality? Lean techniques have been successfully used in the private sector to deliver such transformation. We have partnered with The manufacturing Institute to assist you. This partnership combines our clinical, financial, operational and strategic expertise with the experience of TMI, one of the leading providers of Lean Transformation development both in health care, and a range of other industries.

• Workforce Planning Project

Mental Health Strategies have recently been commissioned by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust to complete the workforce planning for a £40m capital development. Whilst the development will consist of new inpatient facilities our approach will look at the whole care pathway including community teams. We will also be modeling a modernised workforce, fit for the future and one which is shaped around key policy developments such as 'New Ways of Working' and the 'Productive Ward'.

• Modelling Capacity and Demand for mental health beds

For so long the holy grail of mental health services, we now have a valuable and robust tool for modelling the capacity and demand for mental health in patient beds. Developed in partnership with Focused_On, we worked with Bedfordshire & Luton Partnership NHS Trust and NHS Bedfordshire and Luton to review current activity and services. We then modelled the impact of service changes (from CMHT redesign to the impact of IAPT and Crisis Resolution) to arrive at a robust and evidence based model that explores a range of 'what if’ scenarios. Using patient flow planning we arrived at a set of conclusions that much more accurately predicts the future required number of beds.

• We are now members of Constructionline

We are pleased to announce that we are now members of Constructionline, which is a public private partnership between the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI) and Capita Business Services.
It is the UK's largest register for pre-qualified contractors and consultants and aims to save time and money for buyers and suppliers by reducing duplication of work at the pre-qualifying stage.

• NHS Design Review Panel (DRP): MHS supporting quality design

We are pleased to announce that Jenny Gill has been appointed to serve on the NHS Design Review Panel (DRP). Jenny has spent many years working in the field of Capital Planning, specialising in Mental Health facilities.
The NHS Design Review Panel has been in existence since 2001 with the objective of improving the quality of the healthcare estate. The DRP provides advice, guidance and support to the NHS on major schemes at key stages of their development. Reviews are undertaken on PFI, LIFT and other publicly funded schemes above a cost threshold, which is currently set at £25m. The review process has recently been refined and the criteria are more clearly focused on the three key aspects of master planning, sustainability and quality of place.

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