This policy document from NHS England sets out the Community Mental Health Framework proposal for the transformation of community services.
The Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults [pdf]
PARTNERS2 & PARTNERS3: Developing better ways of supporting people with ongoing mental health needs within GP practices.
https://mcpin.org/project/care-partners-research-programme/
CPCRG Links
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/mental-health/partners2
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/primarycare/mental-health/partners3
The Kings Fund carried out an evaluation of the Early Implementer sites of the Community Mental Health Transformation in 2021. This is published on the NHS Futures collaboration Platform, which you will need to sign up to to access:
Rethink is interested in supporting the Community Transformation work currently happening in England. Their campaigns page introduces a number of reports sharing some of the observations they have made during their work in the community transformation space:
Rethink - Community Mental Health Unit
The two reports below outline the thinking around the community approach to mental health and potential opportunities that communities bring and discuss the steps that can be taken to help build this new way of working:
This report "argues that when we support people as a ‘whole’, we give them the opportunity to thrive, not just survive."
The Thinking differently reports are particularly useful for commissioners and integrated care systems to think about how to commission effective provision and the second report below builds on this work.
These links are for evaluations which have taken place during the implementation of the community mental health framework.
Evaluation of the Sheffield Primary and Community Mental Health Transformation Programme [pdf]
Evaluation of the Primary Care Service for Mental Health (PRISM)
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