The NHS long-term plan and mental health: a positive way forward?
The NHS long-term plan and mental health: a positive way forward?
This free live online event pulled together system leaders, specialist providers and user and patient representatives to assess the aims of the NHS long-term plan and debate whether it goes far enough.
mental health services provision remains paternalistic , users really consulted during course of services contact from referral , assessment , treatment and decision to being being discharged. Not because of clinicians lack of empathy the constraints of work in form of time to deal with case loads, skills around needs assessment that reflect users involvement in decision making and attitudes towards mental health service users not being able to contribute to objective formulation of needs and solutions. Example is the staff patients ratio on acute units where HCA's , hard working but used to meet only basic needs at large and the emotional, risk areas can hardly be seen to by the qualified nurses as they double a lot in administrative work. Staff outcomes measurements are low on the agenda and a protracted services users outcomes measurements collaboratively formulated will need some improvement to improve quality outcomes of patients journey.
Since this aired 3 out of 5 Mental Health Beds are now in US company hands. The Long Term Plan by BOTH leading parties is to PRIVATISE not only the mental health provision but the NHS. as a whole
ICS… Integrated Care System. Is a group of private companies who are given a pot of funding and, at the end of the financial year any money left is shared out between them. In other words they are incentivised to spend LESS money on patient care! You dont have to be a genius to see where this is going! This little discussion you are listening to is a red herring. The real discussion is who will RUN the NHS (ISC)? Ive looked and is the US. A US styled insurance health service. My God. Centene A US company employs the MOST GP's in the country!! Wake up!
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mental health services provision remains paternalistic , users really consulted during course of services contact from referral , assessment , treatment and decision to being being discharged. Not because of clinicians lack of empathy the constraints of work in form of time to deal with case loads, skills around needs assessment that reflect users involvement in decision making and attitudes towards mental health service users not being able to contribute to objective formulation of needs and solutions.
Example is the staff patients ratio on acute units where HCA's , hard working but used to meet only basic needs at large and the emotional, risk areas can hardly be seen to by the qualified nurses as they double a lot in administrative work.
Staff outcomes measurements are low on the agenda and a protracted services users outcomes measurements collaboratively formulated will need some improvement to improve quality outcomes of patients journey.
What's needed is institutions like the old days.stop the phsycos attacking the public with knives, and such,…..talking about phsycos….!
Since this aired 3 out of 5 Mental Health Beds are now in US company hands. The Long Term Plan by BOTH leading parties is to PRIVATISE not only the mental health provision but the NHS. as a whole
ICS… Integrated Care System. Is a group of private companies who are given a pot of funding and, at the end of the financial year any money left is shared out between them. In other words they are incentivised to spend LESS money on patient care! You dont have to be a genius to see where this is going! This little discussion you are listening to is a red herring. The real discussion is who will RUN the NHS (ISC)? Ive looked and is the US. A US styled insurance health service. My God. Centene A US company employs the MOST GP's in the country!! Wake up!