Agenda

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 5 December 2016.

This item has been placed on the agenda at the request of the Chair.

The Chair has asked that Councillors and Officers discuss the issues raised in the Prime Minister’s speech at the Charity Commission made on Monday 9 January in respect to mental health and the focus on children and young people. The Prime Minister announced that:

• Every secondary school would be offered mental health first aid training - which teaches people how to identify symptoms and help people who may be developing a mental health issue
• Trials on strengthening links between schools and NHS specialist staff, including a review of children and adolescent services across the country
• By 2021, no child will be sent away from their local area to receive treatment for mental health issues

• Appointing mental health campaigner Lord Stevenson and Paul Farmer, chief executive of the charity Mind, to carry out a review on improving support in the workplace
• Employers and organisations will be given additional training in supporting staff who need to take time off
• More focus on community care such as crisis cafes and local clinics, with an extra £15m towards this, and less emphasis on patients visiting GPs and A&E
• The reallocation of £67.7m, mostly from the existing NHS digitisation fund, for online services, such as allowing symptom checks before getting a face-to-face appointment
• A review of the "health debt form", under which patients are charged up to £300 by a GP for documentation to prove to debt collectors they have mental health issues

To consider a report of the Lead Councillor.

The draft final report outlines the purpose of the review, the work undertaken during the review and the evidence gathering meetings. Sections 5 outlines issues for Councillors to discuss in order to make recommendation to the Executive and Corporate Director for People.

The Panel are requested to comment on the draft final report and identify recommendations to the Executive and Corporate Director for People to be included in the final report.

Officer Contact: Stephen Fox on Tel: 474 3206 or email: stephen.fox@stockport.gov.uk