WINNER

Somerset Open Mental Health VCFSE Alliance with Somerset Foundation Trust

Somerset Open Mental Health

Open Mental Health represents a multi-agency, open-access initiative that harnesses the collective strengths of Somerset’s health and care system to create positive change across entire communities. The programme tackles the social, therapeutic and broader determinants of mental ill health through a comprehensive range of support and therapeutic activities.

This collaborative partnership model brings together an alliance of 18 organisations spanning Somerset’s voluntary and community sector, Somerset FT, Experts by Experience, Somerset Integrated Care Board and Somerset Council. By dismantling traditional barriers between services, the initiative enables prevention, early intervention and highly personalised support for people across Somerset who are experiencing, or at risk of developing, mental ill health.

Read a detailed case study about this project at HSJ Solutions.

Highly commended

East London FT: Pathways: A Co-Produced Digital Tool to Identify Barriers, Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Delays

Finalists

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB: Coventry and Warwickshire Trauma-Informed Vanguard Project: Positive Directions

Derbyshire Healthcare FT: Improving the Efficiency and Person-centredness of Occupational Therapy Input into Care Plans in a Forensic Mental Health and Rehabilitation Service

Nottingham West PCN Mental Health Team: Better Access, Better Outcomes: Nottingham West PCN’s Mental Health Solution 

NWL Federation: North West Leicestershire Mental Health Pathway Collaboration

Sheffield Health and Social Care FT: Improving Mental Health Crisis Care: Sheffield’s Innovative Partnership for Patient Safety

South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust: Springfield Village: Breaking Stigma with Better Communities

Thames Valley Children and Young People Specialised Mental Health Provider Collaborative: Tier 4 CAMHS Eating Disorder Hospital at Home Team 

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