Commissioning race equality in mental health care

Written by Musmirah_Shahzada on Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:55

NHS Confederation briefing

The NHS Confederation has published a briefing (no. 138) on 'Commissioning race equality in mental health care'. It says that commissioners have an important role in contributing to Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care by putting local services in place that respect different cultural and personal needs. Their role includes:

  • the collation and active use of data, along with establishing the kind of services that would be helpful and necessary for BME communities
  • developing quality standards
  • ensuring evidence- and valuebased good practice in all strategies and service level agreements
  • effective engagement with BME communities, community engagement projects and CDWs
  • strong local relationships with key stakeholders (including provider staff)


The briefing is available here.

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