Paula

Paula Lavis

Policy Manager, Mental Health Network

Prior to working in the Mental Health Network, Paula was member network and policy manager at NHS Clinical Commissioners, leading the Mental Health Commissioners Network and other networks.

Paula has considerable experience of working in children and young people’s mental health, working at YoungMinds and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition in policy development and stakeholder engagement roles. During that time, she was seconded to various Government departments and national programmes. She jointly authored the CAMHS Taskforce report on the Integrated System; and more recently was the co-editor and contributor to the book Children and Adolescent Mental Health Today. 

 

Contributions

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Long Read

Can mental health services afford the cost-of-living crisis?

Rising prices are exacerbating already overstretched mental health services and increasing mental health pressures on all ages of the population.

23 January 2023
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Article

MHPG letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Mental Health Policy Group, plus some of our wider sector partners, have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of 17 November budget.

1 November 2022
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Briefing

Running hot: the impact of the pandemic on mental health services

The case for change in mental health services and recommendations on how to address the increasing post-pandemic demand.

21 February 2022
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Case Study

NHS 111 mental health triage service

Enabling people in Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight to get mental health support before a problem becomes a crisis.

13 January 2022
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