Decision details

The report will present the newly developed Mental Health Strategy for Barking and Dagenham.

The Board will be asked to support and adopt the Mental Health Strategy.

The Board:

(i)  Noted the contents of the report, the Mental Health Strategy 2016 – 2018, and agreed the next actions, which were to:

(a)  Deliver upon the Action Plan, which would be monitored and supported through the Mental Health Sub-Group;

(b)  Establish and enhance links with other strategies to support the principle of parity of esteem for mental health;

(c)  Continue to develop the Mental Health Strategy 2016 - 2018 to align with and support the implementation of the Growth Commission and Ambition 2020 along with the NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health; and

(d)  Complete the suicide audit and the development of a local suicide prevention plan, which was in line with Public Health England’s ongoing programme of work to support the government’s suicide prevention strategy, and to ensure the local suicide prevention plan was linked with the Mental Health Strategy 2016 – 2018; and

(e)  Work on the links with the local Safeguarding Boards in order to benefit from their learning on appropriate issues.