Updates - Mental health
Resources: Traumatic bereavement
The resources are primarily aimed at school and college staff, bereavement services and NHS mental health services
Mental health - Kooth's national healthcare professional webinars
Kooth, the digital mental health provider, is running a series of webinars in August to highlight the benefits of Kooth.com and Qwell.io.
Physical health checks for people with Serious Mental Illness
People on the GP Severe Mental Illness (SMI) register are eligible for annual physical health checks, and this is now a key part of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).
Mental health during COVID-19: recovering referrals to talking therapy
GPs are encouraged to refer adults with common mental health issues to IAPT, and/or signpost patients to refer themselves online at nhs.uk/talk.
Expanded mental health support for staff
NHSE are launching 40 new mental health support hubs across the country to provide NHS staff with access to mental health services.
KeepingWell in NEL
The past ten months have put huge pressure on all staff- both clinical and non-clinical and the KeepingWellNEL platform has been established to support wellbeing in real-time through an easily accessible and culturally sensitive service
Information for primary care on Kooth’s mental health services for children and young people
Kooth is a transformational digital mental health platform that gives children and young people, aged 11-19 years, immediate access to an online community of peers and a team of experienced, accredited counsellors.
Mental Health Support Services across north east London
We have produced a summary guide of our local mental health services
NELFT - updated services list
Most of the services that were partial or fully suspended have now resumed and they are working to address any impacts of service full or partial closures.
BHR - Mental Health Advice and Guidance Pilot
BHR CCG and NELFT have agreed that A&G should be extended to mental health services as part of a much broader scheme of work to transform community mental health services.
Havering CAMHS resource to support professionals, young people and carers
This contains sections for professionals, parents/carers and young people and It can also be printed as a booklet.
NELFT Waltham Forest Rapid Response Service
Referral guidelines Waltham Forest Rapid Response Service: Rapid Assessment/ Community Treatment (RRT)