Mental Health
Advisory Planning Group

The Cardiff Health, Social Care and Well Being Strategy 2008-2011 identifies the mental health of people in Cardiff as one of its key priorities.

 

Mission Statement

The Mental Health Advisory Planning Group is a joint group including partners from Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. It is responsible for developing, planning and implementing improvements in mental health services for adults of working age and older people in Cardiff and the Vale. There are separate Health, Social Care and Well Being Strategies for Cardiff and the Vale.

For information on the Vale of Glamorgan's strategy, please follow the link in the 'Key Documents' section below.

 

Key Achievements in Cardiff 2005-2008:

  • Primary Care Mental Health Services strengthened and a service model was agreed by relevant partners. These proposals include the development of a Primary Care Mental Health Lead post and the roll out of mental health staff working within primary care.
  • Second Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team started work in June 2006, resulting in all areas of Cardiff having access to the Crisis Team service. As a result of the new Crisis Service, a ward at Whitchurch Hospital was closed in August 2006.
  • The Crisis House (the first in Wales), a partnership between the NHS and Gofal Cymru, opened in August 2006.
  • 5 bed high support accommodation unit for men was opened in partnership with the private sector.
  • Llanfair Unit at Llandough Hospital opened, providing 2 adult in-patient wards in purpose built accommodation, plus a third ward opened, which has replaced the adult in-patient ward at the Rawnsley Unit (University Hospital Wales).
  • TOPSHAPE pilot project, implementing national guidelines for common mental health problems in primary care, was successfully concluded.
  • Sealock and Riverside Community Mental Health Teams merged and moved to new fit for purpose accommodation.
  • Proposed Rehabilitation Unit in Canton Health Centre was granted planning permission.
  • Planning commenced for Assessment Unit for Older People at Llandough Hospital.
  • Planning commenced on new Cardiff In-patient Unit for Whitchurch Hospital site.

 

Priorities and Key Strategic Aims for Cardiff 2008-2011:

  1. Supporting the development of environments and services which encourage people and communities to be emotionally and mentally healthy through a mental health promotion action plan.
  2. Reducing inequalities by strengthening the information base with regard to mental health issues for particular groups within society.
  3. Strengthening mental health services within primary care and the wider community to ensure people receive appropriate care in a timely fashion.
  4. Commissioning the new adult in-patient unit.
  5. Commissioning the new older people's assessment unit at Llandough Hospital.
  6. Re-commissioning a 45 bed community facility for older people.
  7. Work with independent providers to increase capacity of EMI nursing and residential care beds.
  8. Developing a comprehensive Low Secure Forensic Service for women, including both in-patient beds and high support accommodation in the community.
  9. Taking forward developments within the Strategic Outline Programme, subject to available resources for example, eating disorder services, personality disorder services, young onset dementia services and assertive outreach services.
  10. Implementing the NSF Mental Health Action Plan.
  11. Implementing the Day Services Strategy for adults.

 

Partners on the Mental Health APG

 

Key Documents

 

Other Web Links

 

Contact

Nurse Director
Cardiff Local Health Board 
Trenewydd
Fairwater Road
Llandaff
Cardiff CF5 2LD
enquiries@cardifflhb.wales.nhs.uk
healthalliance@cardiff.gov.uk