Mental Health Commissioning Programme

Welcome to the Mental Health Commissioning section of the website.

Who are we?

The London Mental Health Commissioning project team are Sean Farran (North West Sector Lead), Sue Christie (Senior Project Officer), Jessamy Hayes (Project Officer), Amanda Patterson (Project Officer) and Lyande Kaikai (Team Administrator).

What do we do?

Mental health commissioning publications

The 2009/2010 programme saw the completion of two products developed in conjunction with the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU).

These publications can be found on the Mental Health Commissioning Publications page.

Mental health commissioners development

We run the London Mental Health Commissioner's network, a pan-London group for Lead Mental Health Commissioners from primary care trusts in London and their teams to meet and discuss important developments in commissioning policy and legislation, to share best practice and discuss any early learning. For more information about past meetings and future agenda items please visit the Commissioners Development Network page.

We also hold workshops, publish guidance and develop other products that are specific to commissioning mental health services in London. All have the underlying aim of helping commissioners to achieve World Class Commissioning.

Network.

We publish a regular bulletin called Network. The first edition was published in August 2009. All editions are available to download from the Network. Bulletin page.

Data briefings

The team has developed a series of briefing notes on a range of topics which mental health commissioners may find useful for comparison and benchmarking against other primary care trusts. Further information and the latest briefing notes are available to download from the Data briefings page.