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 »
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Guidance for commissioners of community specialist mental health services
This guide is about the commissioning of specialist community mental health services. It explores the role of Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Assertive Outreach Teams and Early Intervention Teams among others. Read more »
New models of care for dementia
This report proposes a new understanding of the dementia journey and a revised model of care for dementia, aimed at improving experiences and outcomes, and informing service redesign and commissioning. Read more »
Optimising treatment and care for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
This best practice guide has been developed in consultation with an advisory group of leading clinicians specialising in dementia. Read more »
Dementia Commissioning Pack
The Dementia Commissioning Pack provides practical resources for commissioners for use with a range of different providers, setting out a commissioning framework and outline approach to identify service development and redesign priorities. Read more »
Understanding out of hospital dementia care
This report, published by Healthcare at Home, explores home-based models of care that will keep people with dementia out of hospital. Read more »
Joint commissioning framework for dementia
This framework provides best practice guidance for commissioners in the NHS and local authorities to support implementation of the National Dementia Strategy, ‘Living well with dementia’. Read more »
Housing and dementia
Information on all aspects of meeting the needs of people with dementia and their carers in housing settings. Read more »
A better return: setting the foundations for intelligent commissioning to achieve value for money
This report describes how the Third Sector could evidence its wider impact on public services and their delivery. Read more »
Transforming community services: enabling new patterns of provision
This guidance is intended to help providers of community services to move their relationship with their commissioners to a purely contractual one, consider what type(s) of organisations would best meet the future needs of patients and local communities, and how change can be managed to support the transformation of services to patients. Read more »