7 City and Hackney: commitment to reducing BAME health inequalities in mental health PDF 173 KB
A presentation from the NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Members received a presentation from the NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group concerning the City and Hackney’s commitment to reducing BAME health inequalities in mental health. The following points were made:
· The Board, and the wider City Corporation, were asked to sign up to Synergi’s National Statement of Intent which was a commitment to address serious BAME health inequalities.
· Members were informed that the Synergi collaboration was a national initiative including service users, commissioners, policy makers and politicians. This was agreed by the CCG and Hackney Health & Wellbeing Board and it was hoped the whole of City and Hackney would join as a collaborative.
· For Hackney, issues with BAME focussed primarily on access and outcomes for Afro-Caribbean groups whereas in the City there were vulnerabilities identified for asylum seekers who were mostly from BAME backgrounds. Initiatives were in place targeting both identified vulnerable groups.
· Toolkits have been created to ensure BAME inequalities are being identified and will be incorporated into the City & Hackney’s integrated system. An Equality & Diversity Group has also been set up to address these issues.
· In response to a query concerning what systemic interventions would be used, training and possible use of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming (EMDR), Members were advised that whilst services had a prescribed list of treatment, they did not currently take different ethnic groups and their different responses to treatments into account. Synergi were exploring these differences in a report as it was felt that having the correct treatment for the person was key.
· Officers confirmed that BAME mental health inequalities would also strongly feature as part of commenced work between the City & Hackney around health and inequalities to develop the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
· Members were very supportive of Synergi’s work and agreed to sign up to the National Statement of Intent.
7 Future of Health and Care for the people of North East London PDF 2 MB
A presentation from the NHS City and Hackney Clinical Commissioning Group.
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