Mental Health

The LINk Mental Health Sub-group aims to provide a voice and a support structure for service users, family members, carers and stakeholders as a means of enhancing the provision of mental health service delivery locally. The group meets every three months and over the course of 2009/10 has consulted on the availability of complementary therapies locally and on ’New Horizons’, the mental health strategy.

 Service User Led Standards (SULS) project:

The Mental Health Sub-group have identified Service User Led Standards as one of its priority areas for 2011/2.  The standards aim to ensure a consistent approach to quality across local mental health services and will look more at the behavioural aspect of how a service is delivered rather than what service is delivered.  LINk members are currently meeting with service users to develop the questionnaire for the standards. 

Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust:

 The K&C LINk mental health sub-group have also been working cross-borough with 4 other LINks (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon and Westminster) to discuss and meet with CNWL regarding the re-configuration of services and the consultation process. 

 Mulberry Ward Pilot Closure:

K&C LINk along with K&C MIND, SMART and Advocacy for Mental Health have been meeting with CNWL to discuss the plans and raise service users’ concerns about the planned pilot closure of Mulberry North Ward at South Kensington & Chelsea (K&C) Mental Health Centre.

We are working on engaging ‘easy to ignore’ groups where there tends to be a higher incidence of mental health need and on training peer researchers and user-led service standards. Read our findings on the experiences of domestic violence survivors here.

The minutes from the meetings from January 2010 to date can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Minutes – 16_March_2010_Mental_Health

Minutes – 13_May_2010_Mental_Health_Meeting

Minutes – KC_LINk_Mental_Health_Meeting_8_July

Minutes – 2nd_Sept_2010_Mental_Health_Meeting

Minutes – 4_November_2010_Mental_Health_Meeting

Minutes – Mental_Health_Meeting_of_18_January_2011

Minutes – 8th March 2011

Minutes – 18th May 2011- MH Sub group meeting

Minutes – 6th September Meeting

For more information about the work of the Mental Health Sub-Group or to join this group please contact the staff team on 020 8967 7049 or by email: rbkclink@hestia.org

For details of the next Mental Health Sub-Group meeting please visit the K&C LINk Events page.