| NHS England has developed new guidance to support improved joint working between NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression and Community Mental Health (CMH) services. The guidance sets out the key barriers preventing seamless care between these services, provides clarity on national policy expectations for supporting people seeking help, as well as good practice guides and case examples to support improved care. Developed with the aid of a working group made up of lived experience experts, clinical advisors, and staff from both NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression and CMH teams, the document establishes four principles for improving seamless care between the two services: Improving appropriate referrals to services Improving the ability for people to move between services where appropriate Increasing provision of evidence based psychological therapies for people with severe mental health problems and outcome monitoring within CMH services Avoiding duplication of service provision across mental health pathways The guidance is available on the National Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Programme Future NHS Platform workspace. A national webinar on this guidance is taking place on Thursday 5 October at 10am. For more information, please contact england.adultmh@nhs.net. |
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