Next Steps for Mental Health Services in Wales - Improving Quality, Access and Delivery, and Priorities for Young People’S Care 9Th November 2018

Next steps for mental health services in Wales - improving quality, access and delivery, and priorities for young people’s care 9th November 2018

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Policy Forum for Wales Keynote Seminar: Next steps for mental health services in Wales - improving quality, access and delivery, and priorities for young people’s care9th November 2018

Contents

About this Publication 3

Agenda 4

Session Chair’s opening remarks Vikki Howells AM, Member, Cross-Party Group on Children and Young People (transcript) 6

Priorities for mental health policy in Wales Dr Dai Lloyd AM, Chair, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee (transcript) 8 Questions and comments from the floor (transcript) 10

Tackling the challenges for children’s mental health - specialist CAMHS in schools, involving staff and cross-department collaboration Dr Dave Williams, Chair, Children in Wales and Member, Together for Children and Young People Programme Board, NHS Wales (transcript) 13

The place of young people in the overall strategy for mental health Lynne Neagle AM, Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee (transcript) 16

Creating resilience and providing support through CAMHS: identifying needs, early intervention and follow-up care Rosemarie Whittle, Head, Operations and Delivery, Community Child Health Directorate, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (transcript) 19 Councillor Geraint Hopkins, Cabinet Member, Adult and Children’s Community Services, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (transcript) 21 Glynis Evans, Team Manager, Social Services and Wellbeing, Bridgend County Borough Council (transcript) 23 Osian Griffith, Assistant Headteacher, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taf (transcript) 25 Questions and comments from the floor with Dr Dave Williams, Chair, Children in Wales and Member, Together for Children and Young People Programme Board, NHS Wales and Lynne Neagle AM, Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee (transcript) 27

Session Chair’s closing remarks Vikki Howells AM, Member, Cross-Party Group on Children and Young People (transcript) 39

Session Chair’s opening remarks David Melding AM, Vice-Chair, Cross-Party Group on Children and Young People; Chair, Cross-Party Group on Looked After Children and Chair, Ministerial Advisory Group on Improving Outcomes for Children (transcript) 40

Implementing effective transition services: creating a system with no gaps Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University and Chair, National Advisory Group to Welsh Government on Suicide and Self Harm Prevention (transcript) 41

Improving access and delivery of mental health services: reducing stigma, raising awareness and funding Councillor David Hughes, Cabinet Member, Social Services, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (transcript) 45 Jenny Burns, Public Health Programme Lead, Wales, Mental Health Foundation (transcript) 47 Dr Elanor Maybury, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Cwm Taf University Health Board and Action for Children (transcript) 49 Mark Smith, Outpatient and Founder, The 66 99 Project (transcript) 51 Questions and comments from the floor with Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University and Chair, National Advisory Group to Welsh Government on Suicide and Self Harm Prevention (transcript) 53

Ensuring mental health services provide high quality care John Powell, Clinical Advisor for Mental Health, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (transcript pending speaker’s approval) 60 Questions and comments from the floor (transcript) 61

Session Chair’s and Policy Forum for Wales closing remarks David Melding AM, Vice-Chair, Cross-Party Group on Children and Young People; Chair, Cross-Party Group on Looked After Children and Chair, Ministerial Advisory Group on Improving Outcomes for Children (transcript) 62 Roger Greer, Associate Producer, Policy Forum for Wales (transcript) 64

Comments Lowri Williams, Volunteer, Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales (FTWW) 65

List of Delegates Registered for Seminar 66

Contributor Biographies 71

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Policy Forum for Wales Keynote Seminar: Next steps for mental health services in Wales - improving quality, access and delivery, and priorities for young people’s care9th November 2018

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