Transforming Adult Mental Health Services in Gwent

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board – Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division is pleased to officially launch a new public engagement to help improve adult mental health services across Gwent.

The Health Board would like to invite people living in Gwent to contribute their experiences and views on how we can transform mental health services for the adult population of Gwent. Our aim is to deliver high quality, compassionate, person centred mental health and learning disability services and we strive to deliver excellent outcomes for individuals and their carers.

The discussions already taking place routinely in our services have helped us to think differently about how we can redesign and improve our mental health services. We know that services may not always feel joined up. We want every individual who receives support to have the best possible experience and outcome. We want people to be able to access high quality services as near as possible to their usual place of residence, in their communities, helping them stay well and out of hospital where possible. When individuals need to be supported in hospital we want them to feel supported by the right staff, in the right environment with clearly agreed outcomes and a focus on recovery.

We are delighted to launch this formal engagement to ask people for their opinions on our ideas and proposals. In order to develop and deliver the very best services we want to take into account the views from as many people as possible including people who access services, carers, friends, families, our staff and our partners. It is vital for the future that we have the support from those who use services, healthcare professionals and the public, so that we can implement an adult mental health service model that is truly co-designed by those who both access and help to provide services.

We would encourage everyone to get involved with this engagement and to make their views known. We know from feedback so far there is a great energy and determination to work together to improve mental health services across Gwent. This formal engagement offers a fantastic opportunity to develop forward thinking recovery focused mental health services that offer care, compassion and proactive support. By working together to shape our plans, we can all make a positive difference.

Contact Us

If you would like to ask a question, you can at any of our events or;

email: ABB.MHLDEngagement@wales.nhs.uk

Or Freepost; Gwent MHLD Division
Lodge Rd,
Caerleon,
Newport
NP18 3XQ

Public Engagement Documents

Transforming Mental Health Services in Gwent - Main Discussion Document
- the Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) is available in the main discussion document
Electronic Questionnaire (you can use this link to respond to the questions asked in the Main Discussion Document)
Transforming Mental Health Services in Gwent - Summary document
Working in Partnership with Shared Lives

Easy Read Documents

Transforming Mental Health Services in Gwent- Easy Read Discussion Document
Transforming Mental Health Services in Gwent- Easy Read Response Form (Please complete this response form and return it to: ABB.MHLDEngagement@wales.nhs.uk)

Closing date for this Public Engagement: 21st February 2021

How to join a Public 'virtual' Meeting

The Public Engagement ‘virtual’ Meetings will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. You can join the meeting on your computer or mobile device by clicking on the meeting link in the table below:
Wednesday 13^th January 2021	10:00 -11.30
Sunday 17^th January 2021	13:00-14:30
Friday 22^nd January 2021	14:00-15:30
Saturday 30^th January 2021	14:00-15:30
Wednesday 10^th February 2021	10:00-11:30
Wednesday 17^th February 2021	17:00-18:30
Friday 19th February 2021	10:00-11:30

Housekeeping for Public meeting:	Agenda Public meeting:
All meetings will be recorded for audit and to support in gathering any questions Please can all attendees remain on ‘MUTE’ unless asking a question	If you have a question on this engagement content that you would like to submit prior to the meeting, you can do so by replying to this email. A presentation will be given at the meeting outlining what happens now and our ideas. There will be a Question and Answer opportunity at the meeting, you can ask questions about our ideas.

NB: If you do not have Microsoft Teams on your device, you will need to download it in advance of the meeting to enable you to access the meeting (the Microsoft Teams App is free to download) Please contact us on ABB.MHLDEngagement@wales.nhs.uk if you need instructions on how to do this.

Frequently asked Questions

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions. We will add more to these pages as we receive them from people.

Videos

These videos support to inform the changes we wish to explore with you to transform some of our adult mental health services:

1. An Introduction to our overall Engagement

2. The Foundation Tier

3. Mental Health Services in Primary Care

4. The Crisis Service

5. Special Inpatient Services Unit

6. South East Wales Shared Lives Scheme Case Study- Nikita's Story