Physical Health Checks for patients with severe mental illness
This Equally Well, OHID, NHSE/I and CORE20PLUS5 workshop will explore how we as a system can improve the completion of Physical Health Checks for patients with severe mental illness. You will hear from regional experts in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside and Lancashire and South Cumbria, including a self-assessment tool system approach, improving the uptake and quality of health checks in primary care, taking innovative commissioning decisions to improve uptake, culturally appropriate approaches as well as learning from patient experience. The agenda for the session is below.
The event is intended for mental health leads, health improvement leads, public health, clinical leads, GP’s Primary Care Networks, health inequalities leads, health care professionals, policymakers, pharmacists, innovation agencies, voluntary sector and those with an interest in long-term health conditions and sustainability in health and care.
To register please email: england.nwhealthinequalities@nhs.net
| Times | Agenda Item | Lead |
| 13:30 –13:40 | Welcome and Introductions | Annie Murray, Health & Wellbeing Manager Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Caroline Holtom TBC |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Patient experience of Physical Health Checks | Nikita Le Sauvage & Ian Callaghan
Expert by Experience, Equally Well UK |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | CORE20PLUS5 | Eileen O’Meara, Interim Clinical Director for NHSE NW & Lead for Core20PLUS5 |
| 14:15 – 14:35 | Self-assessment tool for Physical Health Checks – a system approach | Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health
Annie Murray, Health & Wellbeing Manager Office for Health Improvement and Disparities |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Fylde and Wyre Primary care
Lancashire and South Cumbria “Improving the uptake and quality of health checks for people with an SMI in Fylde & Wyre” |
Dr Kath Greenwood, GP and Mental health Clinical Lead for Fylde & Wyre CCG (ICB)
Mark Welsh, Mental Health Programme Manager, Lancashire and South Cumbria
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| 14:55 – 15:15 | Warrington CCG
Cheshire and Merseyside “How Innovative Commissioning decisions can improve the uptake of the SMI Annual Physical Health Check” |
Margi Butler, Mental Health Commissioner
Dr Gemma Askey, Mental Health Clinical Lead |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Culturally Appropriate Approaches in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester |
Stewart Lucas, System Lead for VCSE Integration (Mental Health), GMHSCP
Charlene Mulhern, Mental Wellbeing System Lead, GMHSCP Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer, Caribbean & African Health Network |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Break | |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Interactive Session
Questions & thoughts….. |
Facilitated Session |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Feedback and next steps | Annie Murray & Caroline Holtom |
