E-bulletin May 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our e-bulletin. In this edition:
Welcome

Welcome to our May e-bulletin! This is our first e-bulletin since Mental Health Together transferred into the Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (DDICB). We hope you will notice little change as that has been our intention. Our members have told us in the past that they like the format and content of our e-bulletins so we wanted to honour that feedback.

Our website is now up and running! Please take a look www.mentalhealthtogether.co.uk

We are really pleased to launch our second Good Practice Guide. This time we have focused on Co-designing with voices of lived experience (see article below).

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the latest news we have gathered for you. We have an Expert by Experience feature as usual to show the difference it makes involving voices of lived experience. It can make THE difference!

MHT's Co-design Good Practice Guide

The newly released guide, titled ‘Co-designing services with voices of lived experience' is downloadable from our website.

Following on from the first guide: Involving the voice of lived experience in meetings, which encourages professionals to create the right environments for sharing lived experience and minimising barriers. Our second guide is designed to encourage professionals to adopt a co-design approach with Experts by Experience and service users, who have the best understanding of the services and what does and doesn’t work for them.

The newly launched Co-design Guide is intended to support professionals from all disciplines to have a go at co-designing solutions and services with those who use them. We hope it is reassuring and inspiring, initial comments have been very encouraging!

"A really helpful and down to earth guide that feels entirely appliable and reassuring."  Social Care Commissioning Manager

"I love this. I will find it really useful as a guide, but also as a reminder to think about co-design in everything I do."  Consultant Nurse, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment team

Good Practice Guide

 

Living Well / Derby Wellbeing

The modernising of Community Mental Health services for adults and older adults has now launched in all eight localities of Derbyshire.

For people supported by Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT), accessing services will remain the same. With the addition of the Living Well and Derby Wellbeing short-term (12 week) offer for people who seek support but do not meet the threshold for CMHT and previously fell through 'gaps' in the system.

With a person-centred approach, multi-agency Living Well teams enable a holistic approach encompassing people's full needs and providing support in different aspects of life such like housing, physical health or loneliness support.

Referrals can be made via GPs only at the time of release of this e-bulletin. 

Find out more information on the Living Well Derbyshire website.

In May, Richard who is supported by Derby Wellbeing shared his experiences on BBC Radio Derby. Read more on the Trust's website.

If you, or somebody else is in crisis, you can ring the Derbyshire Mental Health Helpline and Support Service anytime 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for free on 0800 028 0077.

Nina and Julie's work with Derbyshire Healthcare

“Hi, I’m Nina, a current service-user and Expert by Experience. Niki is one of the people from Mental Health Together who helped me get into various roles in mental health work as an Expert by Experience. The latest work is ongoing and giving a voice to the many people I’ve known over the years as service-users, as well as my own voice - some of the voices are no longer with us so I do it for them too. 

The work that Julie (Nurse Clinician) and I are doing is creating teaching material about risk within mental health services. I’ve given a lot of input into the teaching and on Monday of last week we did the ‘live’ recording and filming of one of the modules. I have steadily built up self-confidence by pushing the boat out, bit by bit, with what I can and cannot manage. I was very nervous and anxious about doing the ‘live’ filming/recording and was almost sure I’d mess it up. But it went really well. We are doing a training course that is going to be compulsory training for all registered clinicians in Derbyshire Healthcare. I really wanted to do a good job. I was scared, but I did it!  The message that I want to get across is if you don’t feel ‘ready’ yet or ‘well enough’ to do things like this or things that seem too far out of reach in your own life, try it as it can help our recovery journey. It also benefits the wider community of people experiencing poor mental health. So go with it, take those opportunities - you’ll surprise yourself!” Nina, Expert by Experience

"Working with Nina and collaborating at all levels of the training, content production and delivery has enriched the training at every stage. Hearing Nina's views and experiences and building them into the content means that the learning is meaningful, trauma informed and helps challenge clinicians views within a positive framework. Nina has been utterly amazing, her input has been invaluable!" Julie Sheldon, Nurse Clinician 

 
Other News

2023 CQC Community Mental Health Survey

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have recently published the 2023 Community Mental Health Survey results. They received feedback from 14,770 people (a 20% response rate) who received treatment for a mental health condition between 1 April and 31 May 2023. 

You can also view the Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust results.

Tony's work in Air Arts

Expert by Experience Tony shared with us that he is part of the 'Everyday Extraordinary' project and Air Arts which is the art charity for University Hospitals Derby and Burton.

Air Arts delivers the wide ranging arts in health programme designed in partnership to improve well-being for all and aid recovery of patients at the University Hospitals Derby and Buxton. Read more about Air Arts and see the images accreditation to Tony Fisher, see his work and journey on his website.

Expert Photography Everyday Ordinary   Expert Photography Everyday Ordinary

Carers Week 10th-16th June 2024. Putting Carers on the Map

Carers week is an annual campaign to raise awareness on the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise their contribution. Derbyshire County Council have put together information for Carers and Families during Carers Week.

Carers Week Logo 

Derbyshire County Council consulting on changes 

Have your say on proposed changes to residential care and day centres by attending a drop-in session at a Derbyshire library/online meeting or filling in an DCC online questionnaire.

Derbyshire County Council are also considering consulting on the future of discretionary grants for voluntary sector funding.

Wellbeing at Chatsworth - May to October 2024

Derbyshire Mind are working in partnership with Chatsworth House Trust to host a selection of regular free mental wellbeing services. The Wellbeing at Chatsworth sessions have been designed to delight, inspire and support attendees with their mental health and wellbeing.

Wellbeing at Chatsworth

Bump in the Road perinatal podcast

Derbyshire Community Healthcare Service have recently launched a new perinatal mental health campaign. You can listen to the Bump in the Road podcast to hear about support for new parents.

Let's Chat Derbyshire

Let's Chat Derbyshire Podcast also has episodes to listen to covering a wide range of experiences and support in mental health, suicide prevention and neurodiversity.

 

Let's Chat Derbyshire Podcast  

Joined Up Care Derbyshire Newsletter

Joined Up Care Derbyshire produces a bi-monthly newsletter which provides important updates on health and care developments around the city and county.

View the latest edition and subscribe using the button below.

 

 

Borderline Derbyshire Newsletter

Derbyshire Borderline Personality Disorder Support Group is for anyone affected by Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) also known as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) in Derbyshire and beyond. View their website and latest newsletters.   
Support

Mental Health Helpline and Support Service

The Freephone 24/7 mental health helpline and support service, ran by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is open 24/7, 365 days a year on 0800 028 0077. The helpline team consists of staff from P3, as well as clinical staff from Derbyshire Healthcare. 

If the helpline team feel you would benefit from some face-to-face support, you may be invited to the ‘Safe Haven’, where you can continue to discuss your problems in a calm, welcoming environment with people who understand what you're going through. These centres in Derby and Chesterfield are open every evening from 4:30pm - 12:30am.

Recently, The Trust improved access for Deaf people. SignVideo allows deaf people to make BSL interpreted videos calls via their electronic device.

First call 111 using the SignVideo app or SignVideo website. You will be connected via video link to a BSL interpreter. Please tell the BSL interpreter the name of the nearest town or city you are calling from.

The BSL interpreter will ask you if you want a physical health service or a crisis mental health service. If you choose 'crisis mental health service', the interpreter will contact the helpline team and will relay questions from the team using BSL.

For more information visit the Sign Video website’s FAQ page where a series of signed videos can also be found.

Telephone 

Derbyshire Mind Crisis Support Drop-In Services

The Crisis Support Drop-In Centres are friendly and supportive non-clinical drop-in spaces for adults experiencing mental health crisis or emotional distress in and around Buxton, Swadlincote and Ripley. Open every Friday & Saturday 6-11pm and Sunday 2:30pm-5:30pm. 

High Peak Crisis Support Service

Zink HQ, Clough Street (within Market Street Car Park),
Buxton, SK17 6LJ (Click Here for Google Map)

Ripley Crisis Support Service

The Croft, Slack Lane, Ripley, DE5 3HF. (Just off Ripley Market Place) (Click Here for Google Map)

Swadlincote Crisis Support Service

12-14 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG. (Opposite the old Empire Cinema) (Click Here for Google Map)

Derbyshire Mind Crisis Drop In Services 

Text based services here for you

Text 'TOUGH' to 85258 for free, confidential text based support available 24/7.
More information below. 

Text TOUGH to 85258 for free, confidential support 24/7 
Contact

If you have any feedback, or questions, please email us at: ddicb.mentalhealthtogether@nhs.net

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Disclaimer:
While every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this bulletin are accurate and up-to-date NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board do not accept any responsibility of any omission or inaccuracy as it is not deliberate. Nevertheless, we will appreciate provision of accurate information to improve our work. Where links are provided to external content, NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board holds no responsibility for such content or accuracy.