‘Blink and You'll Miss It’? The Impact of the National Service Framework for Mental Health on Primary Care

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Frankie Pidd
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Service Framework

scholarly journals Mental health policy reforms and case complexity in CMHTs in England: replication study

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Huxley ◽  
Sherrill Evans ◽  
Maria Munroe ◽  
Leticia Cestari
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
National Service ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Mental Health Team ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Care Services ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Service Framework

Aims and MethodCommunity mental health team (CMHT) services in many Western countries have been remodelled to focus on people with the most severe illnesses and complex problems. Complexity scores using the Matching Resource to Care (MARC2) measure from CMHT cases in 2004–2005 (n=1481) are compared with scores in 1997–1998 (n=3178) in the same locations, before the introduction of the National Service Framework, and before the impact of the creation of integrated mental health trusts in England.ResultsThe 2004–2005 baseline complexity scores are all worse than those in 1997–1998.Clinical ImplicationsIf increased targeting brought about by the National Service Framework and other reforms has led to a greater proportion of people with complex problems in case-loads, what care services, if any, are now being received by people who were in receipt of CMHT services before the reforms?

Depression, anxiety and psychoses in later life: more challenges for primary care

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Iliffe ◽  
Jill Manthorpe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Special Consideration ◽  
National Service ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Clinical Problems ◽  
Service Framework

The current focus on dementia risks eclipsing other mental health problems of later life. While the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) has highlighted depression as an important disorder meriting special consideration,1 anxiety and psychoses in older people remain difficult problems for practitioners to manage. This paper reviews the prevalence and impact, recognition, complexity and prognosis and treatment for these three clinical problems, and proposes a framework for ‘good enough practice’

scholarly journals National Service Framework for Mental Health

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Thornicroft
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
National Service ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Local Flexibility ◽  
Working Age ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Given ◽  
Clear Statement ◽  
Service Framework

The National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF–MH) is a strategic blueprint for services for adults of working age for the next 10 years. It is both mandatory, in being a clear statement of what services must seek to achieve in relation to the given standards and performance indicators, and permissive, in that it allows considerable local flexibility to customise the services which need to be provided to fit the framework. This paper summarises the process by which the NSF was created, and its content, which became clear when it was published on 30 September 1999 (Department of Health, 1999).

scholarly journals Creating the infrastructure for mental health research

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Thornicroft ◽  
Jonathan Bindman ◽  
David Goldberg ◽  
Kevin Gournay ◽  
Peter Huxley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
National Service ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Service Framework

The purpose of this paper is to identify the important gaps in research coverage, particularly in areas key to the National Service Framework for Mental Health (NSF-MH) (Department of Health, 1999) and the NHS Plan (Department of Health, 2000), and to translate these gaps into researchable questions, with a view to developing a potential research agenda for consideration by research funders.

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