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The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services (December 2009)

The mental health commissioning team from Commissioning Support for London, in partnership with the NationalMental Health Development Unit , have published a revised and updated version of TheCommissioning Friend forMental Health Services . It is designed to support commissioners to develop their skills, knowledge and expertise in relation to commissioning mental health services. It reflects the complex landscape of mental health commissioning and covers a range of key issues to support commissioners, including key challenges for mental health commissioners, the commissioning context and effective mental health commissioning.

The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services: Focusing on London (December 2009)

This London focused insert for The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services gives an overview of the current work being undertaken in mental health in London.

Mental Health World Class Commissioning: A quick guide for professionals (August 2009)

This publication was produced by the Mental Health Commissioning team from Commissioning Support for London, in conjunction with the National Mental Health Development Unit. The aim of this guide is to demystify the commissioning process, and also to demonstrate the importance of the active involvement of professionals and clinicians, and explain how, when and where they can usefully contribute to the process

A guide to setting up a gym in a mental health setting (2009)

This guide is based on how a gym facility was established by John Warden, Occupational Therapist at The Woodlands Unit.  The Woodlands Unit is an adult acute in-patient mental health unit based on the Queen Mary’s site and managed by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. It represents the innovative work undertaken in the trust to promote physical health and greater inclusion for people with a mental illness. It is hoped that other trusts find this guide helpful in replicating this good work.