The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health (JCPMH) is co-chaired by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal College of General Practitioners. It is a collaboration between seventeen leading organisations, inspiring commissioners to improve mental health and wellbeing, using a values based commissioning model » read more
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Guidance for commissioners of primary care mental health services for deaf people
This guide is about the commissioning of primary care mental health services for deaf people. It has been written by a group with expertise and experience in the mental health of deaf people, including deaf and hearing professionals and academic researchers, in consultation with deaf patients and carers. Read more »

Guidance for commissioners of services for people with medically unexplained symptoms
This guide is about the commissioning of comprehensive MUS services across the healthcare system. In developing this guide, we recognise that ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ is an unsatisfactory term for a complex range of conditions. Read more »

Guidance for commissioners of rehabilitation services for people with complex mental health needs
This guide is about the commissioning of good quality mental health interventions and services for people with complex and longer term problems to support them in their recovery. It has been updated in November 2016. Read more »

Guidance for commissioners of financially, environmentally, and socially sustainable mental health services
This guide supports commissioners, local health authorities and providers to think broadly, but practically, about building sustainable, resilient communities that have the potential, over time, to reduce mental ill health. Read more »

Guidance for commissioners of mental health services for people from black and minority ethnic communities
This guide describes what ‘good’ mental health services for people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities look like. Read more »