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Mental Health Consumer Access Pathways

The Needs Assessment and Service Coordination Working Group (NASCWG) was established by Planning & Funding in response to the overwhelmingly positive feedback to the Canterbury DHB Earthquake Recovery plan initiatives for Mental Health ‘Stabilise – improve access pathways to Community Support Worker, Residential Rehabilitation and Alcohol and Drug Services’. These projects are called the Residential Enhancement Mobile Options Group (ROG) and the Community Support Worker Access Pathway Group (CAP). The working group was tasked with the development of a model for consumer access pathways consistent with the recovery projects.

The working group membership includes consumer, family, secondary care, primary care and community provider representatives. 

The proposed new model is outlined in this report.  This has been endorsed by the CDHB Executive Management Team and will now move into the second phase of the process which is to implement the recommendations and required actions.  An additional action item is the development of an appropriate assessment tool.

Consumer Access Pathways - update March 2012

Here is Phase 2 Access Pathways. The recommendations in this document further develop the changes made from June 2011 when Phase 1 Access Pathways established the future direction of service delivery and the first stage of changes required to implement the new model.

Phase 2 Access Pathways identifies three work streams that will be required to further the recommendations. These are:

  1. A working group will be established to identify the processes required to transition from the current model of access via needs assessment and CAP to the integrated model described in the document. Input and feedback will be sought from the sector as part of the working groups process.

  2. A working group will be established to review and develop the recommendations regarding access and service delivery of Domestic Assistance. Input and feedback will be sought from the sector as part of the working groups process.

  3. The existing Respite Working Group will have enhanced membership for the purpose of review of respite services. Input and feedback will be sought from the sector as part of the working groups process.

Planning and Funding will be seeking  members for the working groups from across the sector over the coming few weeks and the Terms of Reference for each of the working groups will be developed.

There will also be presentations of the new model at sector forums to give the opportunity to discuss and provide feedback.

If you are wanting to give feedback on the document or have ideas that you would like to have considered in the Working Groups you can forward these to Kathy.O’Neill@cdhb.govt.nz.

 

Co-existing Mental Health and Addiction Problems (CEP) - Draft Plans - March 2012

Co-existing problems (CEP) involving mental health and alcohol and drug (AOD) are the norm rather than the exception.

People experiencing both report variable responses from services in Canterbury so when  Dr David Chaplow (then Mental Health Director, MOH) directed all districts to develop a plan to increase CEP capability, this provided an opportunity to consider how we can  further improve.  A working group developed this draft plan which is intended to provide a framework for a wide range of strategies aimed at improving the journey for people, regarding of where they interface with services.

The plan is being discussed in a variety of forums with feedback welcome.  It is expected to be finalised and submitted to MOH by mid-April.

CEP draft Plan - click here

 

Work Currently Under-Development  

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