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Call for Evidence

Community Mental Health Services Terms of Reference

To inform its inquiry, the Committee is now accepting written evidence submissions that respond to the following questions by 4 February 2025 (by 23:59pm). Please note that submissions do not need to address every question.

  • What does high-quality care look like for adults with severe mental illness and their families/carers?
    • How could the service user journey be improved both within community mental health services and in accessing support provided by other services/agencies?
    • How could this be measured/monitored locally and nationally? 
  • What is the current state of access for adults with severe mental illness to community mental health services?
    • What progress has been made in implementing waiting time and access standards for community mental health services?
    • How could access be improved across the country?
  • Has the Community Mental Health Framework been an effective tool for driving the delivery of more integrated, person-centred community mental health services? 
  • How can community mental health services work with social care, the third sector and local government to better address service users’ health and wider social needs that are wider determinants of mental health outcomes?
    • How could the funding system be reformed to more effectively drive transformation in the delivery of integrated and person-centred community mental health services?
  • What blockers or enablers should policy interventions prioritise addressing to improve the integration of person-centred community mental health care? 
  • What are the examples of good or innovative practice in community mental health services?
    • What needs to happen to scale up the adoption of these practices across the country?

This call for written evidence has now closed.

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