Agenda item

To receive an update on CAMHs Transformation Plans-Implementing "Future in Mind" across Berkshire West CCGs and Wokingham Borough Council and Wokingham CCG Emotional Health and Wellbeing Strategy Action Plan.

The Board considered the CAMHs Transformation Plans-Implementing "Future in Mind" across Berkshire West CCGs and Wokingham Borough Council and Wokingham CCG Emotional Health and Wellbeing Strategy Action Plan.

During the discussion of this item the following points were made:

·         The Board was reminded that there was a requirement for system wide transformation over 5 years with plans signed off by Health and Wellbeing Boards before additional recurrent funding was released to the CCGs.  The Transformation Plan had been submitted to the regional team and had received assurance.

·         Funding for the Eating Disorders work had already been released to the CCGs. 

·         30 WTE were being recruited to the current specialist CAMH service across Berkshire.  These would be a mixture of highly skilled and junior staff to meet the identified skill mix needs.  21.4 WTE new staff had been recruited so far, not all of whom were in post yet. 

·         New staff were beginning to take caseloads and a reduction was starting to be seen in wait times for the Common Point of Entry and the ADHD pathway.  Councillor McGhee-Sumner questioned when the public would start to see a difference.  Louise Noble advised that the time taken to see a first contact was already reducing and that those who had waited the longest were being allocated to new staff.  It was likely that a difference would be seen in the new financial year.

·         Sally Murray commented that substantial work had been carried out regarding risk mitigation and young people on the wait lists.  Support packages were arranged around some of those young people most at risk to reduce the likelihood of A&E attendance and the length of stay in A&E should they end up there and also to reduce those going into Tier 4 (in patient).

·         In Berkshire West there had been a 25% reduction in young people attending A&E due to self-harm.  The number of young people in Tier 4 had also reduced overall from 30 to 21.

·         Next year the University of Reading would be undertaking research to build evidence bases for the management of conduct disorder in children.  Wokingham schools and families would be asked to participate.

·         In response to a question from Dr Llewellyn regarding the longest waiter for the Common Point of Entry, Louise Noble explained that some young people in the Common Point of Entry were waiting beyond 42 days but that they were in contact with the service.

·         The Board discussed Tier 2 resources.  Funds had been released and volunteer organisations would be able to make bids for funding.  Clare Rebbeck commented that the outcome framework had been published a week prior to the deadline for bids to be submitted which had been challenging for the voluntary sector.

·         Clare Rebbeck went on to state that a meeting had been held recently with 18 organisations to discuss support available for parents and guardians.

RESOLVED:  That the CAMHs Transformation Plans-Implementing "Future in Mind" across Berkshire West CCGs and Wokingham Borough Council and Wokingham CCG Emotional Health and Wellbeing Strategy Action Plan be noted.