Issue - meetings

To receive the report of Healthwatch Enfield further to its thematic report ‘Listening to Local Voices on Mental Health’.

RECEIVED the report of Healthwatch Enfield.

NOTED

The introduction by Patricia Mecinska, Chief Executive, Healthwatch Enfield, including:

?  This was an opportunity to report back on progress made on the recommendations of the thematic report ‘Listening to Local Voices on Mental Health’.

?  62% of the recommendations were being implemented, and it was recognised that there was a lot of work to be done, and some would take a few years.

?  The support of Health and Wellbeing Board was sought in respect of intervention on implementing the recommendations, and accelerating the development of a local Experts by Experience forum. A group did not exist at the moment in Enfield, but there was an appetite for it locally.

IN RESPONSE, comments and questions were received, including:

1.    Noreen Dowd confirmed the willingness to explore work with participation groups in primary care.

2.    Tessa Lindfield highlighted the potential to link into London-wide digital resources on mental health wellbeing.

3.    Members confirmed support in principle for the second recommendation. There were relevant groups, and the potential to re-purpose existing funding to support it.

AGREED that Health and Wellbeing Board agreed to

(1)  consider any offer of support for areas where implementing the recommendations has not progressed as it requires additional input;

(2)  help to accelerate the development of a local Experts by Experience forum eg. through commissioning this as a service.