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Community Mental Health Newsletter March 2022
Read the March edition of "In the community for the community", our newsletter updating you on some of the ways we are changing mental healthcare in North Central London. This month it reports what we have done to meet needs identified in our Community Mental Health Summit, as well as showcasing the work of some of our staff and our partners in the voluntary sector.
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust retains ‘Good’ CQC rating despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust has been rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in its report published today.
Launch of joint Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: Creating a just, fair and inclusive culture
Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust have produced their first joint Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategy to help address inequalities, spread good practice, and improve outcomes for patients, carers, and staff across our organisations and local communities.
Community Mental Health Newsletter
Read the February edition of "In the community for the community",our newsletter updating you on some of the ways we are changing mental healthcare in North Central London. This month it looks at how service users are getting greater control of their community care plans and structural changes to our community teams in Barnet and Haringey.
Introducing our four new Non-Executive Board members
We are delighted to welcome four new members to the Trust Board: Dr Farah Jameel and Claud Williams join us as new Non Executive Directors (NEDs), and Sheetal Balani and Dr Ivan Beckley join us as Associate NEDs.
Changes to our Barnet and Haringey community teams
Community teams in Barnet and Haringey are being restructured as part of our £25 million, three-year Community Mental Health Transformation Programme.
Landmark mental health campaign with ‘Help!’ from The Beatles launched to support Londoners’ mental health
NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched a new campaign to encourage anyone experiencing feelings such as anxiety, depression, or other common mental health concerns to seek help through NHS Talking Therapies. Backed by some of the UK’s biggest artists, and using the iconic Beatles song ‘Help!’, the campaign will encourage people struggling with their mental health to seek support.
Community mental health update
Read the January edition of “In the community for the community”, our newsletter updating you on some of the ways we are changing mental healthcare in North Central London. This month it looks at new roles in GP practices, changes in the culture of care, how we are working with communities and the role employment can play in recovery.
Innovative new roles now starting in partnership with GPs
Across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 18 new members of staff are taking up exciting new roles in GPs surgeries where they will play an important role in our transformation of community mental health services.
We are changing the way we plan and deliver care
Nationally, there is an improvement drive that will see greater involvement from service users. In new guidance NHS England said every adult accessing community-based care should co-produce a holistic personalised care and support plan from 2022. They should also be provided with the name of a key worker they can contact if their needs change.
Our Community Transformation Programme on London Live TV
Our major transformation of community mental health services is continuing across north London, enabling people to be treated more holistically in the community.
New NHS shared corporate services hub for north central London goes live
North London Partners Shared Services (NLPSS) – a partnership between 10 north central London NHS trusts to deliver more efficient and effective corporate services – officially launched this month.
Free 24/7 urgent mental health support for young people
Young people and their families in need of urgent help with their mental health can get free 24/7 support from trained NHS professionals by telephone.
Latest issue of Trust Matters magazine is out now
The latest issue of our Trust Matters magazine is out now. Printed copies are being sent to our staff and partners, as well as to local GP surgeries and libraries over the next couple of weeks.
What Recovery Means to Me: A competition for people using services at BEH
Your challenge: to design an image answering the question "What does Recovery Mean to Me?" using the four Trust colours and including a strapline.
The Occupational Therapy Show – The highlights
With over 3000 attendees over 2 days we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to our stand to say hello.
The BEH CAMHS ‘Golden Hello’ scheme is now open – applications welcome!
As a leading provider of mental health child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) we are transforming and expanding the delivery of our CAMHS services at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH). To support this investment in our services, we are also investing in our people not just by developing career pathways, but also by offering a ‘New to the Trust’ recruitment and retention financial incentive in the form of a ’Golden Hello’ payment.
Health Care Support Worker hiring event webinar
NHS England & NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) Nursing Workforce Improvement Team are jointly holding a webinar with their partners at Indeed, to encourage Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) applications from ethnic minority men.
Making it easier to get help with mental health challenges
Trust CEO Jinjer Kandola explains why you’ll soon find it easier to get help with mental health challenges.
