Publish date: 26 July 2023
A document listing all the commissioned mental health provisions for young people in Hounslow has been published.
Organisations of the Children’s Joint Commissioning Team of Hounslow Borough Based Partnership have come together to contribute to this important piece of work.
The aim is to use this information to identify any gaps in health and social care for children and young people to assess whether any new services are needed.
It will also be a useful asset for families to better understand what services are available and how to access them.
Keyur Joshi, Associate Director for CAMHS and Developmental Services at West London NHS Trust, said: “This mapping exercise is a great show of effort on the part of the Children’s MH Borough Based Partnership in Hounslow, bringing together this list of services available to young people and their families that support their mental health and wellbeing.
“So often we hear about young people and referrers being confused about what services are available, what ‘CAMHS’ is and how to access the services that are available
“We hope this will enable better access to services going forward. It also allows us to develop on our journey towards a Thrive based model of delivery across Children and Young People’s mental health services across NW London.”
Madeline Bryan, Children’s Joint Commissioner, Hounslow Council, said: “This exercise enabled us to identify gaps in the existing provision and propose new services; it also helped to identify bottleneck points within and between services; and we hope it will make all BBP partners fully aware of the commissioned services within the borough.
“This piece of work also really helped us to work towards amore joined-up whole systems approach to children and young people’s mental health in Hounslow.”
“The Children and Young People’s BBP work stream aims to reduce waiting times and improve outcomes for our young people. The team are currently working towards submitting transformative business cases for funding to implement new services and extend existing services.”
You can view the document and share it with colleagues here: https://www.hounslowhealthandcare.org/application/files/1016/8924/9182/CYP_Mental_Health_Pathways_and_Services.pdf
Further project information and objectives can be found here.
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