Commissioning Early Intervention Services: ensuring quality, cost-
effectiveness and user & family satisfaction in the West Midlands
8 October 2009, Birmingham
THE CHALLENGE: As we move into an era of no growth in resources how can Early Intervention provide a model of service redesign which maximises the use of resources whilst maintaining effectiveness.
Commissioners, mental health leads and EI service leads gathered to hear from world leading practitioners and researchers of mental health provision in the field of youth mental health about why early intervention in youth mental health disorders a good deal.
PRESENTATIONS
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION The EI paradigm - how UK policy started:
Dr Jo Smith, Joint National Early Intervention Programme Lead, NMHDU
DOWNLOAD What commissioners can expect from EI services: Clinical effectiveness evidence
Prof Pat McGorry, University of Melbourne
DOWNLOAD Measuring effective/quality EI services
Prof Ashok Malla, University of Montreal
DOWNLOAD EI The Economic evidence:
Dr Paul McCrone and Prof Martin Knapp, Institute of Psychiatry, London
DOWNLOAD: EI: a paradigm for other areas of mental health?
Prof Max Birchwood, University of Birmingham
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION York EI service: commissioning for success
Chris Almack, NHS North Yorkshire and York
DOWNLOAD: What I bring to EI as a commissioner:
Dave Sweeney, Mental Health Commissioner, St Helen’s PCT
DOWNLOAD: Mental Health pathways and Payment by Results
Michael Clark, Research Manager, NHS WM Regional Development Centre