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New NHS operating framework focuses on mental health issues

Andre Tomlin

The new NHS operating framework has been published today and it sets priorities on a number of mental health issues.

The Department of Health press release says:

The operating framework describes the national priorities, system levers and enablers needed for NHS organisations to maintain and improve the quality of services provided, while delivering transformational change and maintaining financial stability.

It’s good to see the parity between physical health and mental health in the framework; building on the mental health outcomes strategy, No Health Without Mental Health.

Mental health topics covered in the framework include:

  • Dementia and the care of older people
  • Carers
  • Military and veterans’ health
  • Access to psychological therapies
  • The physical healthcare of those with mental illness
  • Offender health
  • Targeted support for child and young people

The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13 (PDF). Department of Health, 24 Nov 2011.

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André Tomlin is an Information Scientist with 20 years experience working in evidence-based healthcare. He's worked in the NHS, for Oxford University and since 2002 as Managing Director of Minervation Ltd, a consultancy company who do clever digital stuff for charities, universities and the public sector. Most recently André has been the driving force behind the Mental Elf and the National Elf Service; an innovative digital platform that helps professionals keep up to date with simple, clear and engaging summaries of evidence-based research. André is a Trustee at the Centre for Mental Health and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London Division of Psychiatry. He lives in Bristol, surrounded by dogs, elflings and lots of woodland!

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  • The Mental Elf

    The Mental Elf

    14 years ago
    The NHS Confederation Mental Health Network have published a nice summary of the key points from the NHS Operating Framework: http://www.nhsconfed.org/Documents/Operating%20framework%202012-13%20-%20Summary%20of%20key%20points.pdf Cheers, The Mental Elf
  • Kevin

    Kevin

    14 years ago
    Received this today by email, thought would be of current interest. The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), launched in March 2011, is a set of measures collected nationally which articulates the outcomes which matter most to people who use social care in England, and enables meaningful benchmarking between local authorities. The ASCOF Handbook of Definitions sets out the technical detail of each measure in the Framework, to promote consistent reporting and interpretation of the measures. An updated edition of the Handbook, which supersedes the July 2011 edition, was published on 23 November 2011. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_131059