General Network Meeting, September 2011 

20/09/2011 

More than 45 members attended the recent Mental Health Network General Meeting which provided the opportunity to hear about the latest hot issues and emerging policy from experts in the field of mental health.

event delegatesWhen: Tuesday 20 September 2011 
Where: BMA House, London.

The day began with a welcome and opening remarks from Shaun Clee, Chair of the Mental Health Network, and Steve Shrubb, Director, Mental Health Network, before an open information exchange took place between members discussing current issues.

Catherine Mitchell and Rachel Mayman from Mental Health Strategies then presented and discussed a state of readiness review of mental health PbR before Michael Parsonage and Matt Fossey, from the Centre for Mental Health, presented an economic analysis of Birmingham's RAID liaison model.

Following lunch, Professor Len Bowers from the Institute of Psychiatry provided an update on research into patient care before Kevin Lewis, an independent consultant, discussed personal health budgets, looking at whether mental health is ready to adopt them and the lessons we have learned from initial work.

View the slides of the day.

Forthcoming meetings

The next General Network meeting will be held in London on 31 January 2012 (please note this is a revision to the meeting of 07 December 2011).

Online bookings are now open for the Mental Health Network Conference on Tuesday 06 December 2011.  To book your place please visit our Events page.

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Contacts

Holly Mitchell
Holly.Mitchell@nhsconfed.org

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